Dr. Chris Walling, PsyD, MBA is a licensed clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst, researcher, and an active leader in the biobehavioral sciences. Dr. Walling is an Associate Professor in the School of Professional Psychology & Health at the California Institute of Integral Studies, the Research Chair & Past-President of the United States Association for Body Psychotherapy, and an Associate Deputy-Editor of the International Body Psychotherapy Journal. He is a Clinical Research Fellow at Kinsey Institute located at Indiana University Bloomington and serves as Vice President of Education & Outreach for the Alzheimer’s Research & Prevention Foundation. Dr. Walling’s research has surveyed the fields of somatic psychotherapy, relational psychoanalysis, and trauma psychology. He maintains a private practice in Brentwood (Los Angeles), California.
About Me
Education & Experience
Qualifications
- Licensed Clinical Psychologist, California #28945
- Adult Psychoanalyst, New Center for Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles, CA
- Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP), (Dr. Peter Levine, Foundation for Human Enrichment)
- Emotionally Focused Therapy for Individuals Level I & Level II (Dr. Les Greenberg)
- Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy Externship & Core Skills (Dr. Sue Johnson)
- Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy Training (Dr. Diana Fosha, AEDP Institute)
- Neurofeedback Practitioner (Othmer Method, EEG Institute)
- Certified Yoga Therapist, International Assoc. of Yoga Therapy #20591489
- Certified Ericksonian Coach (ICF), Erickson International, Canada
Memberships
- Member, American Psychology Association (APA)
- Member, American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA)
- Member, International Psychoanalytic Association (IPA)
- Member of Trauma, Independent Practice, & Humanistic Psychology Division, American Psychological Association
- Member, New Center for Psychoanalysis
- Member, Los Angeles Psychological Association
- Member, United States Association for Body Psychotherapy
- Member, International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT)
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My Values
Confidentiality
As a Licensed Psychologist, I have a primary obligation and take reasonable precautions throughout your psychological services.
Curiosity
As a clinical researcher, I have an insatiable commitment to my own curiosity and inspiring my patient's curiosity in their internal world.
Courage
As a psychoanalyst, I am committed to creating a brave space, where the therapeutic process is preserved with a spirit of safety in service to taking the risk to grow.
Acceptance
As a compassionate human, my clinical work is dedicated to the practice of radical openness, radical acceptance of all that we are, and promoting our shared human dignity.
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