Waithima, Charity Wangui, PhD.

Dr. Charity Waithima is an Assistant professor of Psychology. She holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology, M. A. Counseling Psychology and Bachelor of Education ( BEd. Science-honors). She is a highly motivated researcher, practicing clinician/psychotherapist and educator with broad teaching, research, assessment and administration experience. She has held various senior administrative and teaching positions in various institutions of learning for the last thirty years. She is a consultant in behavior management and a certified professional mediator accredited by the Kenya judiciary. Dr. Waithima has been involved in curriculum development, review and mentorship at both undergraduate and post graduate levels. She supervises post graduate theses and dissertations at both Master’s and PhD level. She is an external theses examiner for three Kenyan Universities. She has published articles in refereed journals, published a book on adolescent substance use prevention and co-published book chapters on family conflict leading to divorce and one on mental wellness during the Covid 19 pandemic. She has also contributed to manuals on HIV and Aids Counseling with the current one on messaging by religious leaders on how to prevent and protect communities from the corona virus infection published by the Ministry of Health and the National Aids Control Council (NACC), Kenya. She has attended many local and international conferences and presented papers. Her research interest is in Biological Psychology, adolescent psychology as well as addiction studies. She is actively involved in community service. She is consistently consulted and featured as a mental health expert on various local and international media outlets via TV, radio and print media. She is a member of World Council for Psychotherapy, KCPA & KPsyA.