Dr. Charity Waithima

Dr. Charity Waithima

Biography

Dr. Charity Wangui Waithima holds a PhD. in Clinical Psychology, M. A. Counseling Psychology from Daystar University and Bachelor of Education (BEd. Science) from Kenyatta University. She is a Mental Health consultant and an educator with broad counseling, teaching, psychological assessment and administration experience. She is currently an assistant professor of Psychology at the United States International University- Africa (USIU-A) and the coordinator for Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology Program. Dr. Waithima is the lead psychotherapy consultant at the Lifespring wellness services center which offers Psychological Assessment and therapy for Adolescents, Adults and family Therapy. She is part of the mental health consultants for the Oasis Health Services.  She also trains in Life skills development and enhancement for drug use prevention and mitigation in adolescents.

Dr. Waithima is the mental health consultant for Education For All Children (EFAC) Kenya chapter- An international foundation that sponsors bright and disadvantaged children to gain quality education and foster leadership. She is also a consultant in conflict and behavior management in Schools and families. She serves as a certified professional mediator attached to the family division of the Kenya judiciary. She has published articles in refereed journals, published a book on adolescent substance use prevention and co-published book chapters on family conflict leading to divorce and one on mental wellness during the Covid 19 pandemic. She serves as a member of the Faith Sector Working Group (FSWG) of NACC where she has contributed to manuals on HIV and Aids prevention and counseling with the current one on messages by religious leaders on how to prevent and protect communities from the corona virus infection published by the Ministry of Health and the National Aids Control Council (NACC), Kenya.

Dr. Waithima has also been involved in Psychological training and therapy at various levels with groups and individuals for over 15 years. She is actively involved in community service offering psychosocial support and mental health awareness to churches, institutions and organizations which intensified with the covid 19 pandemic from March 2020. She was among the psychologists who were called upon by institutions of learning and other organizations to offer training and psychosocial support to communities during the covid 19 pandemic. She is constantly consulted and featured as a mental health expert on various local and international media outlets via TV, radio and print media. She is a member of World Council for Psychotherapy, Kenya Counselling and Psychological Association and the Kenya Psychological Association.

Dr. Waithima is a born again Christian and a member of CITAM Ngong where she serves as the Deputy HoD of the Counseling Ministry. She is Married to Prof. Abraham Waithima, a former deacon in CITAM and is a mother of two young adults.