Counselling psychology doctoral researcher studying how people move through suicidal crisis — and what internal and interpersonal processes facilitate that transition.
Johanna Mickelson is a PhD student in Counselling Psychology at the University of British Columbia. She completed both her Bachelor's degree in Psychology and her Master's degree in Counselling Psychology at UBC, building a strong foundation in psychological theory, qualitative research, and clinical practice. Her graduate research focuses on suicidal crisis — specifically, on understanding the dynamic processes through which people move from states of intense suicidal distress toward states of relative calm.
Her work draws on qualitative and mixed-methods approaches to capture the lived experience of suicidal crisis from the inside — how people understand what happened, what helped, and what the process felt like as it unfolded. Johanna is interested in how therapists can be more attuned and responsive to these intra-session processes, and her research has implications for clinical assessment, crisis intervention, and the training of counselling professionals.
Dan welcomes back Johanna Mickelson as we dive back into the Distress-Processing Model and the significance of reflection and reading in developing insights and fostering better conversations.Dan and…
In this conversation, Dan talks with Johanna Mickelson about the Distress-Processing Model for people in suicidal crisis. In this conversation, Johanna shares her experiences working in a crisis cente…
