He is an emotionally focused couples therapist, trained by Dr. Sue Johnson and a Certified Trainer for the HeartMath® Institute. Chris is the owner of an addiction recovery company, also based in Los Angeles, that helps rehabilitate former prisoners in recovery from addiction to drugs and alcohol. His interests in SE focus upon supporting developmental trauma survivors looking to overcome chronic fatigue, chronic pain, somatoform disorders, and other auto-immune disorders. Dr. Walling is a former academic medical executive, and is Chairman of the Alzheimers Research & Prevention Foundation’s Education Committee, where he lectures internationally on topics of longevity, resilience and psycho-spiritual well-being. His research and clinical interests are in the psychophysiology of affect regulation, somatic interventions and developmental trauma.