"Christine is an expert facilitator and a master at leading participants through complex business and personal issues. ."
Drew Pryde, - Chairman
Scottish Institute for Business Leaders
"Christine has had a significant impact on our increased enrolment. Her ability to adjust course requirements to meet community needs, to facilitate a team environment within her program and to do all this while following Mohawk College's policies and procedures makes Christine a valuable Program Manager."
Susan Fulsom, - Support Services Officer
& Shelley Kitchen, - Ontario Learn Coordinator
Mohawk College
"Myself and the rest of my colleagues were very impressed with Christine's facilitation skills…. Christine is someone who is open minded and has excellent listening skills, is a hard worker and cares about the people she works with."
Simon Perkins - Mental Health Worker / Peer Support Specialist
Royal Ottawa Hospital Assertive Community Treatment Team
Our staff is "inspired, inspiring and able to move people beyond the devastation of their mental illness. The wealth of intervention techniques and relationship skills taught to them by Christine Gayler as our psychiatric rehabilitation trainer has been the key to our clients' success."
Lorna Tomlinson, B.S.W., M.Ed. - Executive Director
WENDAT Community Psychiatric Support Programs
"This was beyond my expectations. … You had a clear understanding of where the team is at and how to make our service more enriching and meaningful for the individuals we service."
Joann Michels - Program Manager
Carlington Assertive Community Treatment Team
"The PSR Program has been one of the more positive learning experiences that I have participated in. [Christine] is an engaging, responsive and knowledgeable instructor. She is able to pace the on-line chat sessions so that lesson material is reviewed concisely, main themes are reinforced and students are actively involved."
Student - Psychosocial Rehabilitation Certificate
Distance Education Program
Mohawk College
"Excellent presenter and great workshop. Inspiring and rooted in reality."
Delegate - PSR Canada National Conference
Halifax, 2005
"Excellent workshop presentation!!! I feel encouraged to reflect on our program and how to improve. I also want to reflect on my own practice to be sure that I am incorporating the principles in my encounters with managers, staff members and 'people in care'."
Delegate - PSR Canada National Conference
Halifax, 2005
Sandra Stuart - Development Worker
ACUMEN, Paisley
"Through Christine's training, mentoring and leadership I saw the incredible possibilities for individuals experiencing mental health issues to recover and discover their dreams. … I can never thank Christine enough for her support and encouragement in keeping true to those [recovery] values. I can think of no one else who has impacted my career to the degree she has."
Joanne Zimmerman - Manager
Crisis Services & The centre for Mental Health,
Cambridge CMHA -Grand River Branch
"Christine Gayler is a well-known and important figure in the field of Psychosocial Rehabilitation. She has made a significant impact on the field with her teachings, training and organization of the Mohawk College Certificate Program. She is a strong and inspirational speaker, a calm and positive person. The services she offers are of great worth to anyone involved with the mental health system. The quality of work she provides is both exceptional and valuable. She is truly a leader in the field of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, both in Canada and Internationally."
Lin Sallay - President
PSR/RPS Canada - Ontario Chapter
"Thank you Christine for your organized and articulate presentation on extreme self care. We commend you on your knowledge and expertise in this area, and your warmth and engaging manner lends itself to a meaningful and positive experience. The ReLinC Team at Trillium embraced the day and felt it facilitated so well, the exploration of our choices in caring for ourselves and in turn to help others find their own way. It has helped us in working together as a team, as well as give us personal insight into our inner selves . A very real spiritual experience!"
Margie Munnoch - Case Manager
ReLinc Services
Trillium Health Centre
"Christine was a warm, gentle, caring and compassionate presence for our family education group. Her relaxed style of presenting and engaging people in a "around the kitchen table" conversation helped people to be calm and still so that they could better access their feelings. The increased sharing of information indicated a safe environment which Christine cultivated from the moment she began."
Margaret McKeeman - Family & Community Coordinator
Schizophrenia Society of Ontario
Halton/Peel Regional Office
"Christine is an engaging speaker who delivers a message of holistic recovery for the individual and the family. After listening to Christine speak, one is left feeling confident and empowered, with a sincere belief that recovery from mental illness is not only a possibility, but a reality."
Peter Andruski and Jill Dumont - Family Members & Volunteer Facilitators
Family Education Group
Schizophrenia Society of Ontario









