February 19, 2025
Lyme Fly-In
Center for Lyme Action will host its annual Virtual Fly-In to connect advocates with their Members of Congress. Last year 350 advocates registered for more than 200 meetings with Congress Members.
Managing Lyme Disease and Your Mental Health
Project Lyme is a proud sponsor of this FREE upcoming webinar.
About The Event
Join Project Lyme at this compassionate and insightful gathering tailored to address the unique mental health challenges faced by individuals living with Lyme disease. Hosted by Christina Kantzavelos and Michelle McKinzie, who are a licensed therapists and social workers, this event will provide an educational presentation, coping strategies workshop, resource sharing, and a supportive Q&A session. The event will serve as a meaningful step towards raising awareness and providing support for Lyme patients, highlighting the vital connection between physical and emotional well-being.
About The Hosts
Christina Kantzavelos is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), life coach, writer, and chronic illness warrior. She received both her BA and MSW from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and her MLIS from San Jose State University (SJSU). Her experience includes 14 years of clinical experience in a range of settings, including both outpatient and inpatient psychiatric services, acute inpatient hospital services (telemetry, medical/surgical, labor and delivery, ER, Behavioral Health, and ICU), insurance case management, assertive community treatment (ACT), home health, hospice, applied behavioral analysis (ABA) for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), disaster mental health (humanitarian work), psychedelic-assisted therapy, and private therapy and coaching.
Michelle McKinzie, LCSW, CIMHP offers online therapy for adolescents and adults experiencing mood issues and problems adjusting to chronic illnesses who live anywhere in NC, TN, and FL. She helps clients with histories of trauma in the context of chronic illness and specializes in working with Lyme, CIRS, MCAS, MCS, mold illness, and auto-immune disorders.
About The Sponsor
Project Lyme
Our mission is to eradicate the epidemic of tick-borne diseases through awareness and education, support of cutting-edge science, and advocacy for solutions to end the suffering. As a national Lyme disease non-profit, we aim to impact patients’ lives through our work.
Related Upcoming Events
February 06, 2025
Men’s Meet-Up
Fathers meet-ups occur a couple of times a month and are geared towards fathers raising children with Lyme, or fathers with Lyme themselves. It serves as a support group where you will discuss a common theme each meeting, share stories of your own struggle caused by Lyme, as well as hear advice from other fathers going through the same things as you. Join us by registering through the webpage!
February 04, 2025
LymeLight Presents – The Role of Mold Toxicity in Patients With Lyme Disease with Neil Nathan, MD
Patients who have Lyme disease and co-infections frequently also have mold toxicity. The symptoms of Lyme and mold toxicity overlap greatly, and more often than people realize, it is the mold toxicity that is keeping patients sick. It is increasingly important to check all Lyme patients for mold toxicity and treat when appropriate, and we will discuss this in some detail.
