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Liam Johansson | MA

Graduate, Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling

BGSP’S psychodynamically-oriented master’s program offered me a valuable opportunity to study and learn the specific approach to therapy I want to practice. My BGSP experience was characterized by great supervision, thoughtful and unique classmates, process-oriented classes, and really interesting readings. I really appreciated the diversity of age, life experience, background, and interests of my classmates. I also appreciated that professors had a wealth of clinical experience to share and draw from. Everyone had something unique to offer, and everyone’s voice was valued.

BGSP also provided me with an exceptional training experience. I think the additional analytic supervision requirement and the fieldwork experience really helped provide me with extra preparation.

I am currently working as a clinician at a residential treatment program for children. Throughout my internship and now at my job, I feel I’ve been very well prepared, especially to deal with the challenging emotions that are often stirred up in such an intense environment. Ideally, I hope to go on to private practice while also potentially teaching or holding a leadership position at an agency. I also like the idea of providing supervision to younger clinicians down the road.

Alumni Profiles

Michael Birnkrant, PsyaD, LMHC

“I look forward to growing a successful independent private practice as a psychoanalyst and to continuing my journey to learn more about the deepest mysteries of the human condition.”
Brian T. Jones, MA

“I had a fascination with the analytic model and desired to train in an institution where I could apply theory with real-world practice. While searching various psychoanalytic institutes, I found BGSP.”
Tracy D. Galloway, MA, Esq

“As a divorce litigator, I am continuously immersed in the profound emotions of clients, opposing counsel, court personnel, and judges.”
Robin Rayford, MALLP

“I have been active on boards and committees that provide opportunities for applied psychotherapeutic and psychoanalytic approaches to mental health awareness and wellness needs.”
Gabriela Pérez-Gil del Valle, MA

“In Mexico City, where I am from, I had been trained as a Humanistic Gestalt and Existential therapist and had been working for quite a while as a psychologist.”
R. Danielle Egan, PsyaD, PhD

“As a professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies at St. Lawrence University, I have written about and taught psychoanalytic ideas for a long time.”
Joon ho Lee, PsyaD, Cert. Psya, NCPsyA

“I came to Boston from South Korea in February 2005 to enroll in the Master’s program [...] BGSP offered just what I was looking for.”
Junichi Torigoe, PsyaD, NCPsyA

“In every class, I practice the BGSP approach to education. I have my students sit in a circle in which they discuss the theme of the class based on their experience of it.”
Claudia Sheftel Luiz, PsyaD, Cert. Psya, EdM

“After training at BGSP, while enjoying a successful private practice and raising two daughters with my husband, I started writing an advice column for The Daily News Transcript called 'Claudia Confidentially.'”
Sarah Smith, PsyaD, LMHC

“I graduated from BGSP's Masters in Psychoanalytic Counseling program in 2010 and went on to earn two years of post-masters experience working as an out-patient clinician for Arbour Counseling and the Boston Institute for Psychotherapy.”