Salas, Christian

Dr. Christian Salas is a Chilean clinical neuropsychologist and psychoanalytic psychotherapist. He has practiced as a clinical neuropsychologist both in Chile and in the United Kingdom, including his work at the Head Forward Centre in Manchester. He earned his Ph.D. in Psychology from Bangor University (Wales, UK). Currently, Dr. Salas serves as an Associate Professor at the Centre for Human Neuroscience and Neuropsychology at Diego Portales University in Chile. He also directs the Clinical Neuropsychology Unit, the country’s only specialized facility providing low-cost neuropsychological assessments and long-term rehabilitation for individuals with acquired brain injuries and dementia. Dr. Salas has been instrumental in developing postgraduate neuropsychological rehabilitation programs and training opportunities for clinical neuropsychologists in Chile. He is past president of the Chilean Society of Clinical Neuropsychology and Chair of the INS awards Committee.

Dr. Salas’ research and clinical interests focus on emotional and personality changes after brain injury, the interplay between cognitive/emotional changes and social isolation, and the integration of psychodynamic psychotherapy to improve socio-emotional adjustment and well-being for this population. He has published more than 60 scholarly articles and book chapters on these subjects. His contributions include co-authoring Addressing Brain Injury in Under Resourced Settings (Routledge, 2017) and Mistakes in Clinical Neuropsychology: Learning from a Case-Based Approach (Routledge, 2023), as well as editing Clinical Studies in Neuropsychoanalysis Revisited (Routledge, 2022).