Dr. Kristy Christopher-Holloway is a counselor educator, Licensed Professional Counselor (GA), Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (UT), National Certified Counselor, Board Certified Tele-Mental Health Provider, counselor supervisor, and Certified in Perinatal Mental Health professional. She is the founder and director of New Vision Counseling Center, LLC, and New Vision Consulting and Training, LLC, both based in Georgia, USA. Through her clinical, educational, and consulting work, Dr. Christopher-Holloway is deeply committed to advancing culturally responsive, trauma-informed mental health care across the lifespan, with a particular emphasis on reproductive and perinatal mental health.

Dr. Christopher-Holloway serves as a faculty trainer, curriculum manager, and subject matter expert for Postpartum Support International. She is also a published co-author in counseling books, mental health encyclopedias, peer-reviewed journals, and professional magazines, and she has contributed to and been interviewed by various print and online platforms on topics related to perinatal mental health and infertility. Her scholarship and public-facing work center on amplifying the lived experiences of racially and ethnically minoritized women and translating research into meaningful clinical and community impact. Her research agenda includes studies examining the psychoemotional impact of infertility among religious and spiritual African American women, the experiences of Black couples navigating infertility alongside perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs), and ongoing collaborative research focused on the perinatal mental health experiences of high-achieving Black women.

Clinically, Dr. Christopher-Holloway specializes in working with racial and ethnic minoritized women navigating infertility trauma, birth trauma, reproductive loss, and perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. In addition to her direct clinical work, she provides pre-licensure supervision, clinical consultation, mentorship, and coaching for clinicians and practice owners, with a special focus on ethical, sustainable, and values-aligned private practice development.

A nationally and internationally sought-after speaker, Dr. Christopher-Holloway presents on topics including the psycho-emotional impact of infertility in African American women, perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, the Strong Black Woman schema and generational trauma, and cultural competence and humility in clinical practice. She has also been featured as a celebrity therapist on Season 13 of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, further expanding public conversations around mental health, identity, and healing.

Dr. Christopher-Holloway has held numerous leadership roles within the counseling profession. She is the immediate past Co-Chair of the American Counseling Association of Georgia, served as the 2023–2025 Southern Region Representative for the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (AMCD), and currently serves as the 2025–2026 President-Elect of AMCD, preparing for her Presidential term beginning July 2026. Her leadership reflects a longstanding commitment to advocacy, professional development, and equity within counseling and counselor education.

Her work has been recognized with multiple honors, including the Breakthrough Award for Outstanding Research from the National Board for Certified Counselors, awarded in recognition of her contributions to the understanding of mental health and infertility.

Outside of her professional roles, Dr. Christopher-Holloway is a wife and a homeschooling mother of three. She also dabbles in content creation, sharing reflections on homeschooling, homemaking, and family life, offering an authentic glimpse into the integration of personal values, wellness, and professional purpose.

Dr. Helen A. Neville is the Chair of the Department of Educational Psychology, a professor of Educational Psychology and African American Studies, and a Center for Advanced Studies Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 

She is a past president of the Society of Counseling Psychology (APA Division 17) and the Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race (APA Division 45) and a fellow of the American Psychological Association. She is active in the Association of Black Psychologists, having served on their Board of Directors and receiving their Distinguished Psychologist award. 

Her research on race, racism, African American psychology, and radical healing has been published in a wide range of journal articles, and she has co-edited 8 books in this area. 

She enjoys teaching, life-long learning, and fighting for social justice.