Mentally STRONG Academy: Embrace the Journey
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.
Mentally STRONG Academy: Embrace the Journey
45 Days of grief Episode 5 | Dr. William Worden 4 Tasks of Grief
This video is about grief and how to cope with it. Dr.William Worden provides a framework of four tasks that help us understand how people journey through grief. Healing happens gradually as grievers address these tasks in no specific order, going back and forth from one to another over time. In my video, I discuss these tasks with my knowledge as a psychiatric nurse professional and as a mother who lost 3 of her children in a course of 17 years.