Wellbeing & Care
God calls us to cultivate a healthy and hopeful life.
Christ Church wants everyone to have the opportunity to cultivate a healthy, hopeful life with heart, soul, mind, and strength. That is why we’ve made practicing wellness and supporting your wellbeing a priority.
Resources and Education
Download a List of Wellness Resources
Christ Church recognizes that wellness is a journey and a way of being, rather than a destination. As such, we provide a variety of wellness classes, workshops, and presentations for parishioners and visitors of all ages. These informational and experiential activities are aimed at enhancing holistic wellness knowledge and practices. Past topics have included suicide prevention, grief education, the navigation of family dynamics, alcohol and drug education, mindfulness activities, and parenting matters. Christ Church is deeply committed to providing bountiful offerings around the subject of wellbeing and care.
Center for Wellbeing & Care
As part of our Transforming Hearts, Changing Lives campaign, we are creating a new Center for Wellbeing & Care to serve as a hub for education, counseling, and spiritual practices. Watch for details!
Wellbeing Events
Therapy Services
Provided Mondays – Thursdays, 9 am – 4:30 pm
Counseling services are available to Christ Church members (adults and teens; referrals to child therapists are available), and to the Christ Church Preschool staff. Counseling services are provided free of charge. There is a session limit of 16 counseling appointments.
Our therapists offer counseling to address a variety of concerns, including anxiety, depression, anger, stress, peer/family relationships, work-life balance, insomnia, holistic wellness, life transitions, family changes, behavior and school concerns, self-esteem, grief and loss, and communication issues. Counseling services are available at the church or by telehealth, and are provided by Masters-level, licensed therapists Alex Bacon and Amy Styers Bissette.
Alex received her Master of Social Work (MSW) from Smith College School for Social Work in Northampton, MA, and her undergraduate degree from Davidson College. Amy earned her Master of Social Work (MSW) from UNC-Chapel Hill, where she also received her undergraduate degree. Both therapists draw from multiple evidence-based modalities tailored to meet the individual needs of each client.
Schedule an Appointment
As Assistant Director, Alex serves as the point of contact for initiating counseling services.
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
Navigating Additional Resources
There are times when a community therapist may be a better fit, such as when more than 16 sessions are needed, a client’s needs are outside of our therapists’ expertise, or a therapist outside of Christ Church is desired. Alex and Amy can help identify and refer to local mental health providers when needed. They also can provide information regarding community resources, such as continuing care retirement communities, in-home care providers, in-patient and out-patient treatment facilities, substance use intervention specialists, and more. There is no charge for such referral services, and this referral offering is available to anyone whether they are Christ Church members or not.
Alex Bacon, MSW, LCSW
Assistant Wellness Director & Therapist
704-714-6981 | Office
bacona@christchurchcharlotte.org
Office location: M205
Amy Styers Bissette, MSW, LCSW
Therapist & Wellbeing Educator
704-714-6979 | Office
bissettea@christchurchcharlotte.org
Office location: M204
Care & Support
Caring for each other is part of our mission statement. We walk together during times of joy, sorrow, and transition.
Learn how we can help, or how you can offer the gift of care and support to others through one of our many care and support groups. See details below or contact Jennifer Hamm at hammj@christchurchcharlotte.org for more information.
Wellbeing & Care Staff
Connor Gwin
Associate Rector for Spiritual Wellbeing and Care gwinc@christchurchcharlotte.org
Connor Gwin
Raised on the Gulf Coast of Alabama, Connor discerned a call to the priesthood while in college and attended seminary upon graduation. He has previously served as a School Chaplain and on a Diocesan staff. Connor is a poet and writer whose work has been published in a variety of places including The Mockingbird.
He is an Associate of the Order of the Holy Cross, an Anglican, Benedictine monastic community in West Park, New York. He connects with God primarily in silence, the beauty of nature, and stories of grace. Connor makes a home with his wife and three children.
Alex Bacon, MSW, LCSW
Assistant Wellness Director & Therapist bacona@christchurchcharlotte.org
Alex Bacon, MSW, LCSW
Amy Styers Bissette, MSW, LCSW
Therapist & Wellbeing Educator bissettea@christchurchcharlotte.org
Amy Styers Bissette, MSW, LCSW
Jennifer Hamm
Assistant to the Rector & Spiritual Wellbeing and Care hammj@christchurchcharlotte.org