Christy Collette

Senior Operations Manager,Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
Department of Psychiatry
Uniformed Services University

Christy Collette currently serves as a Senior Operations Manager for the National Guard Integrative Primary Prevention Program supported by the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress.

She is a licensed mental health counselor and has a diverse experience with program management at the state and national levels. Prior to joining CSTS, Christy served as a Military Behavioral Health Counselor at the Center for Deployment Psychology. In In that role, she assisted in the national expansion of the Star Behavioral Health Providers (SBHP). Christy worked with state National Guard Behavioral Health teams and clinicians in states to develop an online registry of clinicians that have specialized training in working with military-connected clients. Christy also served as a faculty member and taught workshops on a variety of topics including Traumatic Brain Injury, Assessment and Management of Suicide in the Military, PTSD, and working with Military Families. She also trained a series of workshops specific to working with military couples.

Prior to her work at CDP, Christy worked at the Military Family Research Institute at Purdue University. In this capacity, she worked on the SBHP program and implemented the program in new states. In her role at MFRI, Christy sat on the Executive Committee for Joining Community Forces Indiana (JCFI)and worked to coordinate resources across the state of Indiana. In her work with JCFI, she lead multiple workgroups addressing topics such as suicide prevention, legal concerns, and financial literacy to address risk factors within the Indiana National Guard.

Christy began her career in community mental health and later opened a private practice which she maintained for 10+ years. During that time, she worked with individuals and families with a focus on military-connected families. Christy specialized in treating young children through play therapy. She currently maintains a small telehealth practice and works part time as a crisis clinician at a local Emergency Department.