{"id":211,"date":"2021-08-16T02:56:11","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T02:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebmsproject.org\/staging\/?page_id=211"},"modified":"2024-04-25T22:21:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T22:21:26","slug":"chris-bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thebmsproject.org\/staging\/chris-bio\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris&#8217; Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"211\" class=\"elementor elementor-211\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c067744 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c067744\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ac20d76\" data-id=\"ac20d76\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-64f4b5d elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"64f4b5d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b9a6a6e\" data-id=\"b9a6a6e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cabb362 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d5a70f6\" data-id=\"d5a70f6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-67965d1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"67965d1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c6c8bce\" data-id=\"c6c8bce\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9aead47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9aead47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>ABOUT:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Christopher Nickson is a Master\u2019s level mental health professional and former elite athlete that has been committed to working within the mental health field for over the last decade. As a former quarterback for Vanderbilt University and player in the Canadian Football League, Christopher has dedicated his life\u2019s work to enhancing strategies of sustainability for individuals, families, and organizations.<\/p><p class=\"p2\">Christopher received his Master\u2019s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling in 2015 from Argosy University. While providing therapeutic treatment to youth and families across Middle Tennessee, Christopher coordinated his learnings and the development of his unique skill set with his passion for engaging athletes along a path of psychosocial and spiritual development. As a result, he pursued a niche of sports-based therapeutic services to respond to the holistic developmental needs of elite athletes. In 2017, Christopher founded LifeSkills Sports Academy (LSSA) as an organizational effort to provide individuals and sport-related communities with life skill development tools and therapeutic experiences that contribute to mental health wellness. Christopher later authored the book\u00a0<i>Trauma vs. Self: An Experiential Guide to Self <\/i>to assist others in reshaping and redefining traumatic experiences (Mill City Press, 2019).<i> <\/i>In 2021, Christopher completed his Doctorate in Education and Organizational Leadership with a specific emphasis on athlete mental health and sport organizational strategies and interventions. 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