I obtained a B.A. in International Political Economy with a Minor in Psychology from the University of Puget Sound. I have a M.A. in Counseling Psychology from The Seattle School, a psychodynamic-oriented graduate school. I am completing four-year post-graduate psychoanalytic training at the National Institute of Psychotherapies in NYC.

Experience:

• Private practice, Kathy Johns Psychotherapy

• Washington State Approved Supervisor

• Assistant Instructor, The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology

  • Therapy I and II (psychodynamic principles and praxis), Human Sexuality, Practicum

• Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC): District of Columbia (#PRC200001585), Maryland (#13327), and Virginia (#0701012107); Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) state of Washington (#LH61070479)

Affiliations:

• Post-graduate psychoanalytic training, National Institute of the Psychotherapies

• Northwest Alliance for Psychoanalytic Studies (NWAPS)

• Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis (WBCP); Fellowship 2022-2023

• Institute of Contemporary Psychotherapy + Psychoanalysis (ICP+P)

• International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (IARRP)

• APA Division 39 Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology