About Dr. B
Dr. Cristi Bundukamara, Ed.D., PMHNP has been a psychiatric nurse practitioner since 2000, gaining extensive experience over the last several decades. Her medical career began as an Army Medic before attending nursing school and receiving a master’s degree as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner at Florida International University (FIU). She went on to receive a doctorate in Education at Nova Southeastern University. From there, she launched the first Mentally STRONG Clinic in Colorado Springs, CO which is committed to access and serves over 7,000 patients. She also founded the Mentally STRONG Academy. Today, when she’s not at the clinic attending to her patients, Dr. B dedicates a large portion of her time to speaking about mental health issues, sharing methods for processing grief, and providing tips for developing mental strength.
Have you ever wondered if you have OCD? Has your family or friends accused you of having this disorder because you like to clean? There's more to it than that! Watch this for the actual DSM criteria …
Dr. B had a free live webinar via Zoom on what is mental strength and how do we teach it? She discusses in detail the elements of the Mentally STRONG Method.
What is mental strength to you? Leave a c…
FREE Choice Opportunity PDF Download - Controlled Grief:
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Help me turn my pain into purpose, follow my grief journey
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Help me turn my pain into purpose, follow my grief journey here
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Continuing on with our series on Demystifying the DSM with Body Dysmorphic Disorder.
In this video, Dr. B goes over the criteria for body dysmorphic disorder and what it means. She also talks about d…
FREE Choice Opportunity Worksheet Download on Controlled Grief
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Help me turn my pain into purpose, follow Dr. B's public grief journey:
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Are you wanting to create a culture of mental strength in your organization? Utilizing the Mentally STRONG Method is a great way to do just that. Watch for more information.
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Continuing our series on Demystifying the DSM in the anxiety category. What happens if the anxiety is medical, or substance induced? Listen to learn more.
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What is generalized anxiety and how do we treat it?
Anxiety is a completely normal emotion, and it is protective in that it is part of our natural "fight or flight" response.
What do we do when anxiety…
Injustice
Grief
Anxiety
There are so many emotions brought up in all of us, even if you have no connection with the town or the victims. Collective grief. How can we handle these emotions when they come…
Have you experienced significant loss? Learn how to process grief.
FREE WEBINAR:
You are invited to a Zoom meeting. Grief for Seniors
When: Jul 13, 2022 10:00 AM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
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Roe vs Wade Overturned
Wow...and Ouch.
Dialectical Thinking:
I AM PRO CHOICE & I AM PRO LIFE
Both can be true
Have empathy and compassion, relationships are a priority. Listen to the stories. These are …
How can you get the most out of your ketamine treatments?
Watch this video as Dr. B discusses how to be intentional with your ketamine treatments and how to get the most out of those treatments.
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Have you always been afraid to leave the house or is it just post pandemic? We were all forced to stay home for a long time and learn to like it and function. Agoraphobia is that fear of going out, f…
Ketamine and Esketamine (Spravato) are approved for use in treating refractory or treatment resistant depression and suicidality. Have you been considering ketamine treatment and are wondering if it'…
Watch this video if you are interested in learning more about the Healing Through the Mentally STRONG Method live course in Colorado Springs.
Next Course Date: Friday, July 15th 2022 - 9 am - 5 pm
Regi…
PANIC DISORDER - Using the Mentally STRONG Method, we would take a Thought Map and we would say: Panic anxiety, last time you had a panic attack. What was going on? What about in the past when you ha…
What can you do when grief gets in the way of your Personal Vision?
Listen to this podcast to find out how Dr. B handles it when grief gets in the way.
www.mentallystrong.com/grief
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