Lillian M Christon PhD
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Biography
Dr. Lily Christon (pronouns:
she/her/hers) is a licensed psychologist and faculty member in the Department of
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Bio-Behavioral Medicine at
MUSC. She earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology and Developmental Psychology at
Virginia Commonwealth University and completed an APA-accredited internship in
Clinical Psychology at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (UNC-CH)
School of Medicine in Clinical Child/Adolescent and Pediatric Psychology.
She joined the MUSC faculty following
postdoctoral fellowships in Clinical Psychology at UNC-CH and in Cardiovascular
Behavioral Medicine Clinical Research at MUSC.
Dr. Christon is active in patient
care, clinical research, and education as a health psychologist at MUSC. Clinically,
she specializes in evidence-based assessment, consultation, and therapeutic
interventions for individuals with chronic health conditions. Dr. Christon is
the psychologist for the MUSC Cystic Fibrosis Center and the MUSC
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Program and is active in integrated clinical
care and research in these programs. In the Behavioral Medicine Clinic, she provides
assessment and treatment services for patients across the lifespan before and
after major surgeries (e.g., solid organ transplant, metabolic and bariatric). She
enjoys working with patients on optimizing wellbeing, coping with their medical
conditions and accompanying physical/emotional/behavioral symptoms, and
partnering with them to enhance personal strengths so they may flourish in
their lives. Her research focuses broadly on studying the enhancement of
health, adjustment, and quality of life for individuals with chronic medical
conditions. In the Behavioral Medicine Clinic, she is an attending psychologist
and supervises post-doctoral fellows, and also supervises pre-doctoral
psychology interns through the Charleston Consortium Psychology Internship
Training Program. Dr. Christon also participates in interprofessional education
at MUSC.