Edward Johnson

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

Dr. Ed Johnson completed his Honours BA in psychology at Queen’s University (1984), and his PhD in clinical psychology at the University of Waterloo (1991), where his dissertation examined the costs and benefits of self-deception. During his doctoral studies he completed a clinical internship year in Winnipeg in the department of Clinical Health Psychology at the University of Manitoba. Between 1991-1993 he completed a post-doctoral fellowship at OISE/UT where he explored children’s understanding of self-deception from a theory of mind framework. Dr. Johnson returned to Winnipeg in 1993 to work as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology, where he and the students in his lab have explored adaptive (e.g., self-compassion) and maladaptive (e.g., shame, envy, narcissism) responses to ego-threats. Dr. Johnson also has a special interest in clinical supervision which he has practiced and taught to students and colleagues, and written about in articles and a textbook. His teaching has spanned courses in the undergraduate (e.g., Psychopathology, Self-regulation and health) and graduate clinical programs (e.g., Clinical Research Design, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Ethics and Professional Issues, Foundations of Evidence-Based Treatment, Clinical Supervision in Psychology). His service contributions include his work as Director of the Clinical Psychology Training program, President of the Canadian Council of Professional Psychology Programs, and member of the Canadian Psychological Association’s accreditation panel. 

• 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 

• Johnson, E. A. (in press). Collaborative Clinical Supervision: Principles and Practices to Foster Development. Business Education Press.
• Martin, D. G., & Johnson, E. A. (2024). Counselling and Therapy Skills (5th Ed.). Waveland.
• Conway, T. L., & Johnson, E. A. (2025). State self-compassion and response to failure: The mediating role of causal attributions. Mindfulness, 16(6), 1705–1718. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-025-02587-8
• Brais, N. J., *Setlack, J., Keough, M. T., Johnson, E. A. (2023). Perceived co-worker social support: A protective factor against workplace violence and psychopathologies in paramedics and firefighters. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma, 32(3), 346-364. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2022.2082905
• Stewart, D. W., & Johnson, E. A. (2023). The relational-expressive dual-continuum model of clinical supervisor training. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 17(2), 142–148. https://doi.org/10.1037/tep0000393
• O’Brien, K., *Sukovieff, A., & Johnson, E.A. (2021). Evidence of delayed, recursive benefits of self-affirmation on anxiety in socially anxious university students. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 40(6) 534-561. https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2021.40.6.534
• *Bilevicius, E., Neufeld, D. C., *Single, A., Foot, M., Ellery, M., Keough M. T., & Johnson, E. A. (2019). Vulnerable narcissism and addiction: The mediating role of shame. Addictive Behaviors, 92, 115-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.12.035
• Johnson, E. A. (2019). Recommendations to enhance psychotherapy supervision in psychology. Canadian Psychology, 60, 290-301. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cap0000188
• *Bilevicius, E., *Single, A., *Bristowa, L. A., Foota, M., Ellery, M., Keough, M. T., & Johnson, E. A. (2018). Shame mediates the relationship between depression and addictive behaviours. Addictive Behaviors, 82, 94-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.02.023
• *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. DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12192
• 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.
   

• 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