Meet Mrs. Christi

Christi Johnson, MS, clinical intern

Mrs. Christi’s Approach to Therapy

Christi Johnson is a graduate student at Lipscomb University, studying Clinical Mental Health Counseling with a specialization in Play Therapy. She received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Arkansas State University in 2021. She is also a member of Chi Sigma Iota Honor Society, the American Counseling Association, the Association for Play Therapy, and is a student representative of the Tennessee Licensed Professional Counselors Association. Christi is deeply passionate about advocating for children, families, and individuals by cultivating a genuine and empathetic space to work through suffering and seek healing together. In her personal time, she enjoys martial arts, traveling, kayaking, baking, remodeling her home, and quality time with her husband. 

Christi is under the supervision of Dr. Mary Payne, PhD, BCB, Licensed Psychologist, HSP of CFCC and Dr. Jake Morris, PhD, LPC-MHSP of Lipscomb University.

Education

Lipscomb University, TN – Masters

Arkansas State University, AR – Bachelors

Specialty Areas

  • Play Therapy
  • Children
  • Families
  • Spiritual issues

Treatment Modalities

  • CBT
  • Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT)
  • Psychodynamic/Psychoanalytic Therapy
  • Existential Therapy
  • Sandtray 
  • Expressive Arts Therapy

More about Mrs. Christi Johnson

Hobbies/Interests

In her free time, Mrs. Christi enjoys martial arts, traveling, kayaking, baking, and spending time with her husband!

Favorite Resources

Books: 

Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

Love’s Executioner by Irvin D. Yalom

Dibs in Search of Self by Virginia Axline

Children’s books:

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

How to Hold a Cockroach: A Book for Those Who Are Free and Don’t Know It by Matthew Maxwell

Trying by Kobi Yamada

What Do You Do With an Idea? by Kobi Yamada

They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel 

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy

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