Robert A. Johnson (psychotherapist)

Robert A. Johnson
Born (1921-05-26) May 26, 1921
Portland, Orgeon
Occupation Psychotherapist, author
Nationality United States
Alma mater University of Oregon
Stanford University
Notable works He: Understanding Masculine Psychology

Robert A. Johnson (born May 26, 1921) is an American Jungian analyst and author.[1] His books have sold more than 2.5 million copies.

Johnson was born in Portland, Oregon. He studied at the University of Oregon and Stanford University. In 1945, he went to Ojai, California, as a student of Jiddu Krishnamurti, an Indian spiritual teacher. In 1947 he began his own therapy with Fritz Künkel. He later studied at the C. G. Jung Institute in Zürich, Switzerland, where Emma Jung, the wife of C. G. Jung, was his principal analyst. He completed his analytical training with Künkel and Tony Sussman. He established an analytical practice in Los Angeles in the early 1950s with Helen Luke. In the early 1960s he closed his practice and became a member of St. Gregory's Abbey, Three Rivers, in Michigan, a Benedictine monastery of the Episcopal Church.

After four years in the monastery, Johnson returned to California in 1967. He resumed his career as a psychotherapist and lectured at St. Paul’s Cathedral in San Diego, working closely with John A. Sanford, an Episcopal priest, Jungian analyst, and author. In 1974, a collection of his lectures was published as He: Understanding Masculine Psychology. The book became a bestseller after Harper & Row acquired the rights. He was the first of many books giving a Jungian interpretation, in accessible language, of earlier myths and stories and their parallels with psychology and personal development.

Johnson also studied at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, India.[2] In 2002 he received an honorary doctorate in humanities and a lifetime achievement award from Pacifica Graduate Institute.

Johnson currently lives in San Diego, California.

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.harpercollins.com/author/microsite/about.aspx?authorid=4971
  2. ↑ http://www.context.org/iclib/ic16/johnson/
  3. ↑ http://jerryruhlrobertjohnson.com/bio.html#johnson
  4. ↑ http://www.rajinnergold.org/authorbio.php
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