Christine Jaksy, Visual Artist/CHAPLAIN in Chicago, IL

About

I am a driven, passionate Healthcare & Creativity Chaplain, Visual Artist (Painting, Mixed Media, Digital, Photography). I am also a Graphic Designer and Art/Creative Director.

Also, I am a professional home hospice chaplain, and trauma/crisis hospital chaplain, providing spiritual & emotional support & care, empathic listening, Prayer ~ Meeting my patients, families, & staff where they are. I also provide grief counseling, pet therapy, and art therapy in pre-bereavement and post bereavement. I am committed to and intense about what I love to do! Thank you for stopping by my website. :)

Education

Therapy, & Improvisation

Workshop format.
Master of Arts Christian Ministry MACM

Workshop format
MACM Northern Baptist Theological

Workshop format
Certificate class short of a

not provided
Associate's Counseling

Los Angeles Mission College
MACM Christian Ministry

Northern Baptist Theological Seminary

2011 - 2019

I received my Seminary Master’s degree in edition to 1600 hours (4-400 hour units) of CPE (Clinical Pastoral Education) to fulfill the requirements to become a healthcare Chaplain (Home Hospice, Crisis/Trauma Hospital). CISM (Critical Incident Stress Management) Certified as well.
Counselor, chaplain and photographer/videographer

SPEAKER/WORKSHOP LEADER

2013

Experience

Chaplain

Chronic Creative Chaplain

1993 - Present (31 years)
Spokesperson/Volunteer

Midwest Heart Foundation

Lupus, LA

Pets n Patients Charity work for the underprivileged. Spokesperson/Volunteer Arthritis Foundation (CA. & IL), Lupus Foundation (CA. & IL), American Cancer Society, American Heart Association. NAMI. Donate my ART to Charity Silent Auctions Events. Teacher - Created: Acting Workshop @ A taste of the business (Chicagoland Talent Agencies) Children & Adults. Group & Private Sessions include: How to audition/interview, Scene study, Monologues, Improvisation, Cold reading. Taught Chicago kids summer camps. Taught basketball and racquetball techniques at the YMCA. Taught Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. Taught digital Photography. Taught/Counseled at Camp Esperanza: Children with rheumatic diseases/Arthritis Foundations, Southern California Chapter. Educated/Mentored newly diagnosed Lupus patients - Lupus Ministry.
Owner/Operator Dog-care business

Camp Christine.

Artist- Oil, acrylic, watercolor, digital, Surface Pattern Design, mixed media, Art Licensing. www.coroflot.com/christinejaksy/portfolio
Cold Reading

Improvisation Beverly Hills Playhouse

Study
Brian Reese

Jane Brody
Ken Carlson

Menza. French @ Alliance Frances

Paris, France

Nelly Balson and James
Spanish H.S

SE

& living/working with Latino populations). Experience working in France
Special Skills/Awards- DePaul University Basketball Scholarship

1,000-point Club DePaul University. Owen Brown College Scholarship, ALL-STATE Basketball Honors, Chicago Tribune Player of the Week, West Suburban Player of the Year, All-Conference, All-Area, All-Tournaments, National Honor Society. Numerous athletic awards and championships in triathlons, basketball, running, racquetball, track & field, softball, volleyball (team sports/individual sports). Lithuanian Games. Member of SAG/AFTRA. Volunteer/Community Service: Lupus Foundation, Alliance for Lupus Research, Arthritis Foundation, A
Ministry - early

adult woman suffering from severe scleroderma and Raynaud's disease. Late 1990's for adult male disabled by degenerative brain disease. Lupus 1990's
Hospice Chaplain

Chronic Creative Chaplain

United States

Jan 1992 - Nov 2024 (32 years 10 months)

Home hospice ministry, serving patients & families who are dealing with end of life issues. I provide spiritual & emotional support, empathic listening, Prayer, grief counseling, & Art therapy for The families of patients are in Pre and post bereavement, meeting people where they are, and serving them from that place.

Awards

Numerous Athletic Achievements and Awards in sports, Art, and as a Chaplain. Humbled, thankful, and Grateful that I am given the opportunity to be in that sacred space with patients and families who are facing health crisis or who are at the end of life, where I can be a calming presence and or provide support for whatever is needed at the time.

Affiliations

SAG, AFTRA, National Honor Society, Certified With ACPE: 1,600 Hours

(4, 400-Hour Units) of CPE ~ Clinical Pastoral Education, and starting

CHAPLAIN BOARD CERTIFICATION PROCESS

with Spiritual Care Association.

Industries

Skills

Elsewhere on the Web

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@christinejaksy, member since 2010

Following 11
Followers 7

Christine Jaksy

Assistant Professor - Educator, Communication Design, Myron E. Ullman, Jr. School of Design

Systems Administrator, Visible Futures Lab (VFL)