After living in Los Angeles, London and Frankfurt, Chris returned to Tucson in 1989 to raise her son in the community where she grew up.  She began using hypnotherapy in 1971 for her own personal growth work, and studied for one year in 1989 at the Hypnosis Motivation Institute in Los Angeles to become a Certified Hypnotherapist.  In 1992 she began her journey toward a bachelor’s degree and then a master’s degree in counseling which she obtained from Prescott College.  She was employed at Cottonwood de Tucson from 1995 to 2006 as a marketing supervisor, workshop coordinator, adolescent counselor and adult counselor.  She currently has a private practice in Tucson.

 

From 1968 to 1970 Chris worked as a personal assistant at the Beatles’ Apple Corps Ltd.  She then became personal assistant to the Rolling Stones and accompanied them on the 1972 Rolling Stones Tour of America.  From 1974 to 1984 she toured as a tour manager for George Harrison, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Tour, Jennifer Warnes and Linda Ronstadt.  She was co-owner of a tour promotion company in Frankfurt, Germany and traveled with Fleetwood Mac, Queen, and Phil Collins as a translator and tour coordinator.  She returned to the road briefly with Linda Ronstadt in 2004.

 

Chris’s experience as a counselor and hypnotherapist, as well as her life experiences, contribute to her goal to help others embrace their uniqueness.


She has a book coming out Oct. 6 about her rock and roll experience entitled:
"Miss O'Dell: My Hard Days and Long Nights with the Beatles, the Stones, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton and the women they loved."
go to her website missodell.com for further information.