Chris Johnson, Psy.D. is a respected consulting psychologist and coach who has worked extensively for over 20 years with individual leaders and leadership teams in organizations as diverse as health care, manufacturing, finance, local municipalities, and education to effectively grapple with system-wide change. Clients have included Harris Bank, First American Bank, Alliant, Allianz of North America, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of IL, Borg Warner, ProSort Services, Corbion, Veolia Technical Solutions, Fulcrum Network, Feeding America, and Northern Illinois University and The Chicago School.

She is best known for known for creating trust with those who value her honesty, deep listening and commitment to their success. Energetic, innovative and full of thought-provoking questions, Chris brings to her practice a deep understanding of human behavior. Out of her experience in transforming systemic effects of stress, she partners with individuals and organizations to create customized opportunities to facilitate learning, develop competencies, and create skillful, focused and embodied action towards results that matter.

An interactive and experiential teacher, she has designed and led successful workshops addressing conflict, communication, creativity, ethics and decision-making.

Chris coaches executives and managers to cultivate their leadership presence, and to surface and creatively engage with conflict.Chris has taught and trained work teams, and has coached managers in addressing issues related to work stress, personnel conflicts, and problem employees. Chris works with senior leadership in strategic planning and performance enhancement. She is committed to creating feedback-rich environments in which to develop excellence in leadership that results in transformational change.

Of particular interest are the systemic effects of stress and the development of resiliency in the personal and professional lives of her clients. Mindfulness–the simple yet powerful capacity to be awake, aware and actively attentive to ones’ self, people and situations—serves as the backbone of her customized consulting and leadership coaching practice.

Chris holds a doctorate in psychology from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology in Chicago where she teaches in the Executive and Professional Development Program. She has advanced training in Systems Thinking from Northwestern University’s Family Institute Program, in Organizational Development from DePaul University and in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) from the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care and Society. Chris is certified as an ‘Integral Coach’ from New Ventures West and as a Master Somatic Leadership Coach by the Strozzi Institute where she teaches leadership development.