Edward Johnson

• PSYC 7320 - Evidence-Based Psychotherapy
• PSYC 8090 - Clinical Supervision in Psychology

I became fascinated by clinical psychology as a teenager after reading a novel about a psychologist who worked in a correctional facility and decided there and then that's what I would do - a decision I have never regretted. I had the opportunity as an undergrad to get a wonderful liberal arts education and as a grad student to study with some truly great minds and practitioners. After a post-doc at OISE/UT I had the good fortune to join the psychology department at UM in 1993 where I have worked ever since supervising undergraduate and graduate research students as well as graduate clinicians in-training and teaching a wide range of undergrad and graduate courses. For many years I had the privilege of serving as the Director of Clinical Training which brought me to work on the board of the Canadian Council of Professional Psychology Programs as well as the accreditation panel of the Canadian Psychological Association, all wonderful experiences. 

• PhD (Clinical Psychology), University of Waterloo, 1991
• BA Honours (Psychology), Queen's University, 1984

Research interests

• Ego-threat: Its sources (narcissism, envy, shame, anxiety, depression) and how to soothe it with self-compassion
• Clinical supervision: How it is learned and best practices
• The teaching and learning of psychotherapy

Research affiliations/groups

• Director, Soothing Ego - Threats and Supervision (SETS) Lab 

• Martin, D. G., & Johnson, E. A. (in press). Counseling and Therapy Skills (5th edition). Waveland Press.
• Setlack, J., Brais, N., Keough, M., & Johnson, E. A. (2021). Workplace violence and psychopathology in paramedics and firefighters: Mediated by posttraumatic cognitions. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 53(3), 211-220.  
• Stewart, D. & Johnson, E. A. (2021). The Relational-Expressive Dual-Continuum Model of Clinical Supervisor Training. Training and Education in Professional Psychology. Advance online publication. 
• Johnson, E. A. (2019). Recommendations to Enhance Psychotherapy Supervision in Psychology. Canadian Psychology, 60, 290-301. 
• Neufeld, D. C., & Johnson, E. A. (2018). Narcissism’s relationship with envy: It’s complicated. In T. Hermann, A. Brunell, & J. Foster, (Eds.) The Handbook of Trait Narcissism: Key Advances, Research Methods, and Controversies (pp. 363-370). New York, NY: Springer.
• Johnson, E. A. (2017). Working together in clinical supervision: A guide for supervisors and supervisees. Momentum Press.
• Neufeld, D. C., & Johnson, E. A. (2016). Burning with envy? Dispositional and situational influences on envy in grandiose and vulnerable narcissism. Journal of Personality, 84, 685-696. 
• Johnson, E. A., & O’Brien, K. A. (2013). Self-compassion soothes the savage ego-threat system: Effects on negative affect, shame, rumination, and depressive symptoms. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 32, 939-963.
• Johnson, E. A. (1997). Children's understanding of epistemic conduct in self-deception and other false belief stories. Child Development, 68, 1117-1132.
• Johnson, E. A. (1995). Self-deceptive coping: Adaptive only in ambiguous contexts. Journal of Personality, 63, 759-791.

• 2022 - Department of Psychology Teaching Award, University of Manitoba
• 2017 - Merit Award for Service, University of Manitoba
• 2001 - Merit Award for Service, University of Manitoba