By Stephen J. Johnson, Ph.D. Have you had any personal experiences in dealing with a cranky boss? Most people have. What did you do about it? This was a topic that Yahoo.com wanted to address in their new format called, “Answers on the Street.” Their producers, who invited me to be their psychology expert for
By Stephen J. Johnson, Ph.D. Have you had any personal experiences in dealing with a roommate that has developed annoying habits? Most people have. What did you do about it? This was a topic that Yahoo.com wanted to address in their new format called, “Answers on the Street.” Their producers, who invited me to be
An Interview with Stephen Johnson, PH.D. by Ellis Cose Whole Life Times, August 1994, pp.24-25 Stephen Johnson, who has been an educator and psychotherapist for over 20 years, became interested in men’s issues when he went through a “mid-life crisis.” Instead of buying a hot sports care or finding a young lover or any one
By Benedict Carey After more than a decade in hiding, smoky men’s club fun is back. Between Macanudo cigars and martinis, rare scotch and rare beef, long lunches and steakhouse dinners, a little naughtiness is in again – even for healthy people. To paraphrase Chesterton: Happier the man who eats caviar on impulse than the
with Dr. Stephen Johnson by Melanie Tucker, LMFT On September 11, 2011, Stephen J. Johnson, Ph.D, MFT, founder and director of the Men’s Center of Los Angeles and creator of the Sacred Path Men’s Retreat, spoke to the SFVCAMFT Membership on “Males in the Counseling Room: Helping Guys Become Good Men.” He started with a
By Stephen J. Johnson, Ph.D. This article was published in the July/August 2010 issue of The Los Angeles Psychologist, a publication of the Los Angeles County Psychological Association. The theme of the issue is: Psychotherapy and Mindfulness: Techniques and Theory for Clinical Practice. I’ve worked as an educator and psychotherapist in private practice for 40
By Ed Munter from the March/April issue of Awareness Magazine Where have all the heroes gone? What has happened to the models of manhood that stood as guiding symbols to our young men growing up? There was once a time when fathers represented leadership in a young man’s early development and heroes represented as models.
By Stephen Johnson, PH.D. As printed in Man!, Spring 1992, pp.10-11 “Mentor” first appears in Homer’s Odyssey as a loyal adviser of Odysseus who was entrusted with the care and education of Odysseus’ son, Telemachus. Throughout history, a mentor has been a wise and trusted counselor, usually at least 10 to 15 years older than
By Stephen J. Johnson, Ph.D. In the movie The Prince of Tides there was a particular scene that sticks out in my memory. The adult son, played by Nick Nolte, is standing on a pier with his aging, alcoholic father, who is baiting a fishhook. “You know, I love you,” Hurt says to his father.
Disconnected Dads, Confused Kids By Stephen Johnson, Ph.D. As printed in Whole Life Times, August 1993 Humanity is at the end of a double millennium. As it speeds toward the completion of its second thousand-year period of recorded history, the epic experiment known as civilization reveals certain bitter truths with which we must contend. It