Stephen M. Johnson

Stephen M. Johnson, Ph.D., is a professor and chair of the faculty at Pacific Graduate School of Psychology in Menlo Park, California. He divides his time between clinical teaching and the private practice of psychotherapy in Menlo Park and San Francisco.

Stephen M. Johnson

Stephen M. Johnson, Ph.D., is a professor and chair of the faculty at Pacific Graduate School of Psychology in Menlo Park, California. He divides his time between clinical teaching and the private practice of psychotherapy in Menlo Park and San Francisco.

Books by Stephen M. Johnson

  • Characterological Transformation: The Hard Work Miracle

    Stephen M. Johnson

    Paperback, 1985

    “[H]ighly recommended as a uniquely sensitive and intelligent interpretation of the personal dynamics of character structure and the correlating contributions of ego psychology to these dynamics.”...
  • Humanizing the Narcissistic Style

    Stephen M. Johnson

    Hardback, 1987

    The narcissistic style is rooted in the individual’s family and early childhood and is an endemic result of our culture’s material perfectionism.
  • The Symbiotic Character

    Stephen M. Johnson

    Paperback, 1991

  • Character Styles

    Stephen M. Johnson

    Paperback, 2024

    How basic existential and developmental issues underlie the severe pathology of personality disorders and symptoms of neurosis in character styles.