Dr. Paula Christian Kliger

Originally from New York City, Dr. Paula Christian Kliger is an artist, a board-certified clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst who has practiced as a clinician and a leadership/organizational consultant for 30 years. Dr. Christian-Kliger received her MA Degree and PhD in Clinical Psychology, with a minor in Statistical Measurement and Design, from Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.

Dr. Christian-Kliger’s unusual path to psychology through a career in music performance significantly influenced her to study psychology, after she returned from Southeast Asia where she performed for US troops and for injured Vietnamese people during the Vietnam War.

Shaped by compelling case stories from her unique humanistic-psychodynamic consultation practice, Dr. Christian-Kliger has presented and published several papers about “powering the mind,” in Leadership, in self-development, organizational culture change, and crisis and trauma recovery. Her recent book: Power your Heart…You power your Mind, self-published March 2018 by SEDA Press, is an illustration-guided exploration of how a self-study process increases personal mastery and confidence and helps you find direction, a fulfilling purpose, and the paths to build enduring, diverse, and inclusive relationships.

In Dr. Paula Christian Kliger's clinical and consultation practice, her teaching and writing, she specializes in "powering the mind" through a dynamic and humanistic model of self-study and transformational growth and change. She creates unique, compassionate, and in-depth approaches to her work with individuals and families, organizations and their leaders, and the communities she serves.