Christopher G. Walling

Christopher G. Walling, Psy.D., MBA, FIPA, SEP, is an Associate Professor and Chair of Research Psychology at California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), with additional roles as Faculty Chair of Adult Psychoanalytic Training at the New Center for Psychoanalysis. A licensed clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst, his scholarship integrates relational psychoanalysis, trauma science, and human sexuality, while teaching courses focused on embodied development and intersubjectivity.

• Educations: Psy.D., MBA
• Key Affiliations: Clinical Research Fellow and International Advisory Council member at Indiana University’s Kinsey Institute; served on the American Psychoanalytic Association’s Committee on Gender & Sexuality.
• Research Focus: Embodied development, intersubjectivity, affect regulation.
• Honors: 2026 Ernst & Gertrude Ticho Award, 2024 Gina Ogden Scholarship Prize.
• Practice: Maintains a private practice in Brentwood, California.