On December 9, 2005, Dr. Christina Lynch was awarded the first Doctorate of Clinical Psychology from the Institute for Psychological Sciences (IPS), a division of Divine Mercy University. Ten years later, in 2015, she was awarded the first Distinguished Alumni Award. The Distinguished Alumni Award is presented to a graduate who has made significant contributions to society and whose accomplishments, affiliations and careers have honored the legacy of the excellence of the school.

In 2024, Dr. Lynch was invited to serve the Pontifical North American College (PNAC) priests studying abroad. She is able to provide psychological counseling services for priests who desire to continue their human growth among the rigorous studies of Academia while living abroad.

She is a founding Board Member, Past President (2013-2015) and Advisor of the Catholic Psychotherapy Association (CPA) (www.catholicpsychotherapy.org) whose mission shall be to support mental health practitioners by promoting the development of psychological theory and mental health practice which encompasses a full understanding of the human person and society in communion with the Magisterium of the Catholic Church. In 2021 she received the “Mother of Good Counsel” award from the CPA for co-founding Holy Alliance Support Ministry, a unique ministry to Bishops, Vocation Directors, Vicars, and Rectors of seminaries.

From 2007-2020, Dr. Lynch served as Director of Psychological Services at St. John Vianney Theological Seminary in Denver, Colorado. The mission of Saint John Vianney Theological Seminary is discernment of, and unified formation in, priestly identity marked by an intelligence of heart, with men called to proclaim Jesus Christ and build a civilization of love in persona Christi Capitis. In addition, she taught and counseled seminarians at the Institute for Priestly Formation (IPF) for over 10 years.

Currently, she continues to serve on the Board of Directors as Secretary to Sacred Story Institute (SSI) and has served as an associate researcher in Psychology and Spirituality. SSI is a Catholic/Jesuit non-profit whose mission is to research and create, in and for the Church, evangelization programs and resources that meet head-on the challenges of contemporary culture.

Dr Lynch is also honored to serve on the Formation Council for the Sisters of Life. The Sisters of Life are a contemplative/active Roman Catholic community of women religious, who profess the three traditional vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, and a fourth vow to protect and enhance the sacredness of human life.

Dr. Lynch and her husband Patrick moved to the Tucson area of Arizona. She serves on team of spiritual and psychological experts for the Diocese of Tucson. Dr. Lynch is licensed as a Clinical Psychologist in Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska and Virginia