Christine Doucet has been working with families with babies and young children for more than four decades. She just retired in 2024 from her position as the Family Support Specialist and Infant Program Coordinator at the Center for Families in Cambridge, MA. She received congratulations from the City of Cambridge and from the Massachusetts House of Representatives for her standout career and dedication to families. Christine has now opened her own practice as a Family Support Specialist, focusing on training professionals in infant massage and teaching parenting education workshops like Mindful Parenting, Parenting Journey Curriculum and Child Development Classes. 

Christine first started working with families when she went to school to become a Nurse-Midwife in France, her native country.

After working in different hospitals in France for more than 10 years, she moved to Cambridge, MA in 1996. There, she received her Massage Therapy Certification in 2000, as well as her Infant Massage Instructor Certification with Infant Massage WINC. Since then, she has been teaching baby massage classes in  group settings or during "welcome baby home" visits.

Christine graduated from the Infant-Parent Mental Health Postgraduate Certification Program from the University of Massachusetts, with Ed Tronick as the faculty chief and Dorothy Richardson as program director. Advocating for parents in the postpartum period in order to receive needed support is her passion. 

Her career at the Center for Families gave her the opportunity to work with families from diverse socio-economic backgrounds, different languages and  many cultures. She also had the pleasure to collaborate with many agencies: WIC, Healthy Families for Teens, the Doula Program, and Early Intervention, among others. 

In 2016, she received a Community Leadership Fellowship Grant from the Center for Mindfulness and Compassion at the Cambridge Health Alliance, to introduce mindfulness to the Center for Families staff and families. Since then, mindfulness is embedded in their programs. Christine also serves as a spiritual advisor at the Theama Institute dedicated to the teaching of meditation, conscious living and mysticism.

Christine lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts and enjoys spending time with her husband, their son, family and friends. 

Christine Doucet

Phone: 617-794-8208

Email: cdoucet4Families@gmail.com