Chris Walling
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Chris Walling

Associate Professor

Somatic Psychology

School of Professional Psychology and Health

Email: cwalling@ciis.edu

Dr. Chris Walling, PsyD, MBA, SEP is a licensed clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst, researcher, and an active leader in the biobehavioral sciences.  He is a Clinical Research Fellow at the Kinsey Institute for Research on Sex, Gender and Reproduction located at Indiana University Bloomington and serves on their International Advisory Council.  Dr. Walling is the Research Chair and Past-President of the United States Association for Body Psychotherapy, and an Associate Deputy-Editor of the International Body Psychotherapy Journal.  

Dr. Walling’s research has surveyed the fields of somatic psychotherapy, relational psychoanalysis, and trauma psychology. He is a member of the American Psychoanalytic Association, the American Psychological Association, and maintains a private practice in Brentwood (Los Angeles), California.