Christina Javete

Biography:

Christina Javete, LMHC is a licensed mental health counselor and a nationally certified counselor working for the Department of Veteran Affairs in Tampa, FL. Working on the inpatient psychiatric unit for the past 5 years has inspired the work of decreasing substance use and increasing mental health involvement in veterans who were admitted for suicidal ideation. The CORE (Crisis Orientation Refresh Empower) intervention is a brief spiritually counseling intervention where the veteran utilizes their faith in their recovery. This is also done to promote the use of another resource for recovery, the VA Chaplains. After the study was completed, it was found that mental health care adherence to treatment plans and decrease in substance use occurred. CORE will be entering in its second phase as part of one’s treatment