Speaker
Deborah Christie
Professor Deborah Christie Professor of Paediatric and Adolescent psychology Consultant Clinical Psychologist Transformational Executive Coach
Biography
Deborah Christie is a creative and inspirational trainer and presenter in communication skills and coaching. She is a passionate about coaching parents and health care professionals to discover new and positive narratives about living and working with adolescents.
She coaches multidisciplinary teams in the NHS and the commercial sector, most recently delivering training to the Bank of England Inclusion Champions programme.
She has long championed diversity and inclusion, working to ensure equal opportunities and safe spaces for all. Rather than being something that sets people apart, she believes that our differences are something we can celebrate together and has spearheaded the recent Abbott Diabetes Anti-Stigma campaign ‘Let’s Change Perspectives’.
Deborah is an internationally respected academic and award-winning clinician; with an outstanding record of peer-reviewed publications, teaching and leadership with over 200 peer reviewed papers and chapters and a bestselling book, Psychosocial Aspects of Diabetes in Children, Adolescents and Families. She co-authored the expert reports on Psychosocial Issues of infection and the Impact of bereavement for the UK government Infected Blood Inquiry She is a Professor of Paediatric and Adolescent Psychology, a transformational life coach and Consultant at University College London Hospitals and Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trusts.