Registered Mental Health Nurse
Meet Christina James
Founder of Sanitas Hub — a registered mental health nurse who turned personal experience into a mission to change how workplaces understand mental health.
Founder of Sanitas Hub — a registered mental health nurse who turned personal experience into a mission to change how workplaces understand mental health.
Throughout my life, mental illness has been close to home. My mother has schizophrenia and my father is bipolar. I wanted to understand not only their conditions but learn more about how I could support them.
That personal experience led me to train as a mental health nurse. After several years working as a Registered Mental Health Nurse — both on wards and in the community — I realised something important: friends, family and colleagues of people experiencing mental illness had a crucial role to play in the recovery process. They just didn't have the tools.
In 2014, I made the decision to train as a Mental Health First Aid Instructor. Since then, through Sanitas Hub, I've delivered MHFA training to over 4,000 people — from schools and councils to MIND, universities, and large corporate companies.
I bring my lived experiences as a mental health nurse to really bring the course and the conditions we're learning about to life. My experiences allow me to delve into behaviours and symptoms in a way that textbooks simply can't.
My aim through Sanitas Hub is to break down the stigma and perception that surrounds mental health and help others realise and recognise that recovery is possible.
Christina holds a degree in Mental Health Nursing from Birmingham City University and is a registered mental health nurse. She has given talks for the NHS, written articles for the Royal College of Nursing, and completed television and media work.
Get in touch to discuss which course is right for your team.
Get In Touch
I recently completed a three-day training course with Christina James at Sanitas Hub to become a Mental Health First Aid practitioner and Neurodiversity Champion, and I cannot recommend the experience highly enough. Christina delivered the training with exceptional professionalism while maintaining a warm, approachable, and supportive atmosphere throughout.
I attended the 2 day Mental Health First Aider training with Christina at Sanitas Hub. The delivery of the course was exceptional and she really brought the subject to life. Despite it being taught virtually for the 2 days, I was completely engaged and despite some tough subjects, I thoroughly enjoyed the course and would have no hesitation in recommending anyone to join this course.
I have just completed the MHFA course with Sanitas Hub, provided by Christina James and it was brilliant. She was an amazing instructor, gave lots of real life experiences and brought a positive energy to a difficult subject. Christina was understanding, and provided lots of extra information you cannot find online or in books. I would highly recommend her courses to others.
Christina James is an excellent instructor. After the MHFA course I feel more confident in helping others successfully and most importantly ensuring my own mental health is ok in the process. When it comes to any other related courses or refreshers I would definitely seek her as a tutor!
Highly recommend this course with Christina, she is a fountain of knowledge when it comes to mental health. A very informative & interactive two day training session. Care is taken when heavy subjects are undertaken to make sure everyone takes sufficient breaks & is doing ok. I thoroughly enjoyed it & feel like I have the skills required to go forward as an MHFA.
The course has been lovely, it was very useful to learn the material in the context of Christina's real world lived experience with some of the conditions mentioned on the course, and invaluable to find out best practice tips when approaching such cases. The format was brilliant and interaction in the group was very helpful.