Associate Professor
Somatic Psychology
School of Professional Psychology and Health (SPPH)
PsyD, California Southern University
MBA, Moreahad State University
BA, University of Kentucky
Dr. Chris Walling, PsyD, MBA, SEP is a licensed clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst, researcher, and an active leader in the biobehavioral sciences. Dr. Walling 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.