Chris graduated from Salem State University’s Master of Social Work Program in 2019. He began his career in 2011 after completing his bachelor’s degree in psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, NJ in the areas of severe and persistent mental health disorders, behavioral health, child welfare, and substance use disorders. Chris was a social work intern at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Department of Behavioral Neurology and completed rotations in Inpatient Palliative Care and Gastro-Oncology.

Chris’ role in Behavioral Neurology included counseling for patients/families struggling with neurological diseases, implementing Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy for patients diagnosed with Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures (PNES) and contributing to work conducted by the Center for Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment (CART).