Owner

Christine Passaretti, M.Ed, BCBA, LBA

Christine is the owner of CPABA Therapy and has been working in the field of behavior analysis since 1995. She has been passionate about working with children with autism and about the field of ABA since the age of 17 and her career in this field has spanned over two and a half decades. She graduated with honors from Vanderbilt University with dual majors in Child Development and Psychology, and then went on to receive her Master’s Degree in Early Childhood Special Education, also through Vanderbilt University. Christine has been a Board Certified Behavior Analyst since 2002 and became licensed by the Virginia Department of Medicine in 2012. She opened CPABA Therapy in July 2017 in order to provide high quality, effective ABA services to children with autism and their families in both clinic and in home settings. She also served as the executive director and co-founder of a local non-profit organization dedicated to better meeting the needs of families and people diagnosed with and affected by autism spectrum disorder in the Hampton Roads area from 2004 to 2023. Since beginning her career in working with children with autism, she has assisted hundreds of children along the autism spectrum and their families.