About dr. Chrissie Ott
I’m a double boarded internist and pediatrician with a background in integrative medicine, a degree in nutrition, and a previous life as a dancer, massage therapist, and Pilates instructor. I’m also a physician coach and organizational well-being expert. I lead well-being work in Oregon, and I coach individuals and teams who want to reclaim delight in their work and beyond. I love working with healthcare professionals and creatives - broadly construed. Oh, and my pronouns are she/her. I am married to the amazing Su and proud parent of Isa Wren and 3 dogs.
In my past roles, I’ve been a primary care physician in group practice and in an innovative solo practice model (Hi, Nanopractice friends!), and I’ve been a Med-Peds hospitalist as well as the medical director of long term care facility for medically complex children and adults. I’ve navigated multiple cycles of burnout in my 20+ year career and have seen even more as a close observer. I seek truth, clarity, & inspiration with courage, integrity and a bit of playfulness. And I love company.
If therapy hasn’t felt right because you knew the distress you were experiencing was not a pathological response to circumstances around you…
If you feel stuck and a sense of mid career blahs after meeting most of the goals you set out to meet…
If you’re hoping to make a LIFE that supports YOU as you support others,
Then Let’s Connect!
Hi, I’m CHRISSIE.
I Believe…
That we are here to connect, to heal, to grow, to create, and to serve…
In a lifelong process of becoming…
In speaking lovingly but clearly to ourselves and others…
In a mission of joyful service and creative response to whatever life brings…
What we heal in ourselves becomes our gifts to the world…
My work as a coach is to give people back to themselves so that they can give themselves to the world…
That connection mitigates trauma and that Presence is a prerequisite to connection…
In loving disruption of ALL hierarchical constructs…
In radical transparency…
In the gifts of imperfection…
In a life of Love and Purpose.
Personal stuff…
{{{Maybe stop reading here if you are squeamish with radically transparent sharing.}}}
OK- Last things you might want to know about me… but were too polite to ask…
Do I really know suffering? Can I relate to your challenges?
Is this a trauma-infomed space?
As a cis-queer middle aged white American female with an advanced degree who is blessed to be resourced both socially and financially , I can see where this might deserve to be answered.
So down here in the small print where you’ll find it if you’re really looking I’m going to tell you...
My personal gauntlet - like yours, I’m sure - has been rich with beautiful and terrible things which have
left their marks and shaped me into the vessel
I am today.
Here’s a pretty good list of the challenges I’ve faced…
Nothing Special.
Nothing that defines me.
Just a some of what informs me and motivates me to show up with what I’ve got to give.
In no particular order…
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Raised working class
White Southern Heritage
One of 9 Children from a Complex Blended Family
Adolescent Eating Disorder
Early Marriage & Divorce
Self Funded Education
Abortion
Hierarchical Trauma of Medical Training
Heartbreak
Secondary Trauma of Bearing Witness to Suffering of Patients
Chronic Pain
Narcissistic Family System AND Loving Human Parents
Queer + Femme
Traumatic Loss of Pets
Loss of Loved One to Suicide
Drug Use, Incarceration in Family
Death of a Parent
Debility and Dementia in a Parent
End of Life Care and Death of a Sibling
Miscarriages
Infertility
Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment in Spouse
Painful Friend Break-Ups
Rescued in Natural Disaster
In-home Care of Chronically Ill Family Members
Child with Neurodevelopmental Complexity
Burnout
Loss of a Job I Loved and Was Great At
Bankruptcy
Debt
Dehumanizing Treatment in Medical Context
Maybe you have some of these on your bingo card too… Maybe not…
I’m here to share transparently what paved my path, shaped me, and keeps me going.
May no suffering go untransformed.