Dr. Chris Wilson is a licensed psychologist and internationally recognized speaker and trainer from Portland, Oregon. For the past eighteen years he’s worked with victims and perpetrators of crime, including for seven years with the Oregon Department of Corrections. He currently trains nationally and internationally on a variety of issues including the neurobiology of trauma, vicarious trauma, leadership, and being trauma informed. He also testifies as an expert in both civil and criminal trials.
He’s provided training, plenary, keynote, and breakout sessions for conferences and organizations across the United States, Canada, Italy, and Denmark, including the US Department of Justice, the US Department of the Interior, the US Navy, Marine Corps, Army, and Air Force, the US Office for Victims of Crime, End Violence Against Women International, the National Organization for Victim Assistance, the National Crime Victim Law Institute, the National District Attorney’s Association, and law enforcement agencies in the United States, Canada, and Denmark, including the New York Police Department.
Dr. Wilson is a guest faculty member at the US Army’s Special Victim Capabilities Course where he teaches military criminal investigators about the neurobiology of trauma. He formerly served as a curriculum consultant for The National Center for Campus Public Safety. He is also the co-author of the article “Understanding The Neurobiology of Trauma and Implications for Interviewing” (an abbreviated version of which was provided for Danish law enforcement in 2017) and “Judges' and Juries' Common Misperceptions About Domestic Violence Victims' Behaviors.”
Dr. Wilson received his doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Pacific University in 2002. He was licensed as a psychologist in the state of Oregon in 2005 and for six years served on the Board of the Oregon Psychological Association. He is also a member of the American Psychological Association.
He’s provided training, plenary, keynote, and breakout sessions for conferences and organizations across the United States, Canada, Italy, and Denmark, including the US Department of Justice, the US Department of the Interior, the US Navy, Marine Corps, Army, and Air Force, the US Office for Victims of Crime, End Violence Against Women International, the National Organization for Victim Assistance, the National Crime Victim Law Institute, the National District Attorney’s Association, and law enforcement agencies in the United States, Canada, and Denmark, including the New York Police Department.
Dr. Wilson is a guest faculty member at the US Army’s Special Victim Capabilities Course where he teaches military criminal investigators about the neurobiology of trauma. He formerly served as a curriculum consultant for The National Center for Campus Public Safety. He is also the co-author of the article “Understanding The Neurobiology of Trauma and Implications for Interviewing” (an abbreviated version of which was provided for Danish law enforcement in 2017) and “Judges' and Juries' Common Misperceptions About Domestic Violence Victims' Behaviors.”
Dr. Wilson received his doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Pacific University in 2002. He was licensed as a psychologist in the state of Oregon in 2005 and for six years served on the Board of the Oregon Psychological Association. He is also a member of the American Psychological Association.