He received his Bachelor’s degree at UNSW and Masters in Clinical Psychology at the University of Sydney. He worked for 15 years at Westmead Hospital in consultation-liaison psychiatry and also the eating disorders unit within the same hospital. For the 10 years since then he has focused on his own practice and training psychologists and other health professionals. He has casual lecturer roles at a number of universities and honorary appointments with Macquarie University and the University of Technology Sydney. Chris has presented some of his research at conferences and has published one book chapter and several peer review articles.