About Me: Biography

Paul Kiritsis is a licensed medical psychologist, author and poet, and artist. He holds postgraduate qualifications in four different disciplines – clinical neurophysiology (MScMed), clinical psychology (PsyD), history (MA), and English/professional writing and speech (Postgraduate diploma) and is an alumnus of Sofia University (Palo Alto, USA), Sydney University (Sydney, AUS), Latrobe University (Melbourne, AUS), and Exeter University (Exeter, UK). To date he has authored seven books, including the creative compendium Confessions of a Split Mind (2017), the award-winning titles The Creative Advantages of Schizophrenia (2019) and A Critical Investigation into Precognitive Dreams (2020), and the collection of short stories Tales of a Spiritual Sun (2023). Tales of a Spiritual Sun hit #2 Bestseller in the category of short stories-historical fiction on the 6th of May, 2023, and #1 Bestseller in the same category on the 7th of May, 2023. He is also the recipient of twenty-two awards and was recently included in the 2023 Doctors edition of the Best of California Magazine for excellence in medicine. 

Kiritsis is an Australian native with very strong ties to his ancestral lands (Greece). His volunteer and service work has encompassed endeavors that are disparate and heterogeneous in scope and subject; from offering psychoeducation and counseling to US war veterans, to offering hands-on practical aid to giant pandas through the special volunteer program at Dujiangyan Panda Base in Chengdu, China, to serving as the Vice President of the Greek Australian Cultural League in Melbourne, Australia, which spearheads many literary endeavors. He is an avid reader of books in neuropsychology, neurology, philosophy of mind, history, esotericism, and mythology. He enjoys playing the keyboards, drawing, and exercising in his spare time.