Meet Dr. de Freitas
 

Healthy Chats founder, Dr. Chrystal de Freitas is a pediatrician, author and mother of three children who has a special interest in health education.  She completed her pediatric training at the University of Washington, in Seattle, WA, and has been in private practice for 22 years. She practiced with North County Health Services in Encinitas, for 6 years. In 2004, Dr. de Freitas opened her solo private practice of pediatrics, Carmel Valley Pediatrics in San Diego, CA.

When her own children were going through the health education class at school, Dr. de Freitas realized how difficult it was for her to speak to them about sexuality and could only imagine that other parents had the same concerns and trepidations. After volunteering her time at the local school, she introduced a curriculum for mothers and their young daughters as a way to review with them the basic information about puberty and conception.

These seminars grew in popularity and led to the publication of Dr. de Freitas' first book, "Keys to Your Child's Healthy Sexuality."  Also as a direct result of those early seminars at her children's elementary school, the doctor has been presenting the "Healthy Chats for Girls" mother-daughter seminar and the "The Birds and the Bees with Ease!" parents seminar for the past 15 years.

Dr. de Freitas has taught at California's Scripps Memorial Hospital, Scripps Well Being Center, Tri-City Medical Center, and Mende Well Being Center at the UTC.  Healthy Chat's seminars have been presented to numerous schools and Girl Scout troops and are also offered in the privacy of a host family's home for groups of mothers and daughters.

Dr. de Freitas resides in Carmel Valley with her husband of 30 years.