Dr. Christine Rio-Bistis-Nadala is a distinguished psychiatrist who completed her medical degree and psychiatry residency in the Philippines at West Visayas State University. Her career is marked by award-winning achievements and extensive cross-cultural experience. She completed 6 years of intensive psychoanalytic training at the Greater Kansas City Psychoanalytic Institute, Missouri, USA, where she now serves as a faculty member. Currently, she is pursuing an advanced certification in community psychoanalysis, focusing on Balint group psychoanalysis, at the Baltimore Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, USA. Dr. Nadala also holds a Harvard certification in Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery and is a former chairperson of the American Psychoanalytic Association’s Candidate Council Committee on Psychoanalysis in the Community. She is dedicated to expanding accessible, culturally sensitive mental health services for Filipinos.