About Me

Josephine Mansergh-Johnson is an integrative psychotherapist and researcher specializing in addictive behaviors, trauma, and its intergenerational effects. Her work is grounded in an understanding that when treatment addresses the whole family system rather than the individual alone, both prevention and recovery outcomes improve dramatically.

While still a graduate student, Josie served as a research assistant, delivered peer-reviewed presentations, and pioneered the first internship across Child & Family Services. Josie led nationwide CEU trainings on understanding addiction through an intergenerational, trauma-informed lens and on shifting trajectories through supporting children and families. This work led to her being named a Subject Matter Expert by the American Counseling Association, where she now sits on its Editorial Board for Practice Briefs, and to receiving the Hazelden Betty Ford Slaymaker Scholar's Award for highest GPA and impact across the foundation and wider field.

Since graduating, Josie has returned as Adjunct Faculty teaching Lifespan Development at the Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School, drawing on her interest in the intersection of developmental counseling and addiction—including ACEs, toxic stress, and developmentally adapting treatment across the lifespan. She later co-authored a meta-analysis in the Journal of Counseling & Development on culturally adapted PTSD treatment.

This summer, Josie joined Pace University in New York as Adjunct Faculty, teaching Civic Engagement and applying psychological principles to local community work. She is currently pursuing a PhD at Pace, where her doctoral research will focus on resilience-based approaches to improving outcomes for at-risk youth in families affected by substance use, known in recovery communities as ‘COAs’.

Today, Josie sees a select caseload at Soho Psychotherapy and continues to consult for Sundial Advisors, a family office advisory, applying her behavioral and systemic expertise to decision-making across cultures and partnerships.

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  • Clinical Education & Experience

    Master of Arts in Counseling,
    Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School of Addiction Studies
    Center City, Minnesota

    Postgraduate Diploma in Addiction Psychology and Counseling,
    London South Bank University
    London, UK

    Named Subject Matter Expert by the American Counseling Association in trauma, addiction, and working with children and families.

    Level 3 Certificate for working with children in schools
    Place 2 Be
    London, UK
    Followed by 2 years providing psychodynamic art, play, and talk therapy with 6- 12 year olds in a Central London School.

    8 years affiliated with Hazelden Betty Ford Child and Family Services from volunteering, to internship to employment in Prevention supporting children impacted by a parents substance use disorders leading and facilitating groups, psycho-education, counseling one to ones and groups, contributing to program design and development and other parts of child & family services.

    Adjunct Faculty at Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School teaching Life Development and Ethics since 2025 to trainee masters level counselors.

    Researcher and national presenter on trauma, intergenerational shame, and resilience.

  • Board, Committee and Award Service

    American Counseling Association (2025, March) Editorial Board for Practice Briefs – Subject Matter Expert: Mansergh-Johnson, J. Selected by the Chair of Research and Knowledge to serve on the ACA Editorial Board. Nationally recognized expert in trauma, addiction, working with children and families. Responsible for reviewing ACA Practice Briefs for publication.

    American Counseling Association (2025, September). Advocacy committee for Child & Adolescent Chapter.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    Registered Psychotherapist, Individual Member of the BACP (UK)

    Mental Health Counselor - Limited Permit (NY) under supervision

    Licensed Professional Counselor Associate (CT)

    Level 3 Certificate Counseling skills for working with Children | 2019 Place 2 Be, London, UK Relevant Coursework: Developmental Neuroscience, play therapy, art therapy, systems theories, working in the metaphor, Sand tray work and more.

  • Continuing Education/ Professional Development

    2024 NScience, Dr Christiane Sanderson, 'Addressing OCD, Trauma, and Neurodivergence in Therapy: Practical skills for client-centered therapy.'

    2024 SACES, Dr Kristie Opiola and Dr Natalie Ricciuti, 'Child Parent Relationship Training (CPRT) with Parents in Recovery from Substance Use Disorders'

    2020 Nscience, Dr Christiane Sanderson, 'Managing Power, Control, Boundary and Attachment Dynamics when working with Survivors of Abuse'

    2020 Nscience, Dr Janina Fisher, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy skills, 'Healing Broken Bonds: the consequences of traumatic attachment'

    2019 Nscience, Dr Christiane Sanderson, Shame resilience tools. 'Numbing the pain: making the link between childhood trauma and addictions.'

    2019 Arise, Dr Judith Landau Interventionist Training: A compassionate family systems approach to interventions and treating the identified patient, learning how to integrate genograms and consider intergenerational trauma in the whole family system.

    2018 CCPE, Foundation Certificate: 1 Year Training Transpersonal Foundations in Psychotherapy and Counseling Skills, Values and Ethics, Psychodynamic: Jung, Freud, Person-Centered, Gestalt Therapy. Visual meditations, Group dynamics (family constellations), family systems, working with the child within, loss and grief, attachment, object relations theory, the role of myths, dreams and symbolism in therapy.

  • Current Roles

    Adjunct Faculty - Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation

    Adjunct Faculty - Pace University

    Psychotherapist - Soho Psychotherapy

    Consulting - Sundial Advisors

  • Research

    Publications

    Current stage: Newly Published!

    Silveus, S. A., M. K.Schmit, J. T.Oliveira, V.Chong, and J.Mansergh-Johnson. 2026. “Meta-Analysis of Culturally Adapted Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for PTSD Symptomatology.” Journal of Counseling & Development. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcad.70036

    Current Stage: Data Collection

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From East to West…

Josie is married to Clinton, CEO of Sundial Advisors. The couple met in London and married at the historic St Mary's Church, The Boltons. They share their lives with two mischievous Bedlington Terriers, Bilbo and Winnie.

Clinton and Josie have traveled extensively together in pursuit of their purpose, including extended seasons in the Middle East. In 2021, they fulfilled a lifelong dream by moving to California, where Josie became more deeply involved in prevention work at Hazelden Betty Ford. In 2025, they relocated to the East Coast so Josie could pursue doctoral studies while Clinton explored new opportunities in New York.

When they're not working, you can find the four of them exploring upstate, Connecticut and Long Island, enjoying coffee, or running along the breezy Hudson River waterfront.

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