Publications of Gregory Johanson, M.Div., Ph.D.
Member: American Association of Pastoral Counseling
Johanson, Greg (1970). Watermelon Man. Junction, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, October.
Johanson, Greg (1973). A Ministry to Strength. The Observer, La Grande, OR. Nov. 3.
Johanson, Greg (1977). Raising the Giant Within You. Pulpit Resource, Vol. 5, No. 3. 3rd Quarter.
Johanson, Greg (1978). The Parish Revisited. The Journal of Pastoral Care, Vol. XXXII, No. 3 September.
Johanson, Greg (1979-80). The Psychotherapist as Faith Agent. The Journal of Pastoral Counseling, Vol. XIV,
Fall-Winter, No. 2.
Johanson, Greg (1983). Forward. Hakomi Therapy by Ron Kurtz, Hakomi Institute, Boulder, CO.
Johanson, Greg (Ed.) (1984). Pastoral Care Issues in the Pulpit: An Anthology. Lima, Ohio: C.S.S. Publishing Co.
Johanson, Greg (1984). A Lack of Feeding in the American Dream. In Greg Johanson (Ed.) Pastoral Care Issues
in the Pulpit: An Anthology. Lima, Ohio: C.S.S. Publishing Co.
Johanson, Greg (1984). Denial by Any Other Name. In Greg Johanson (Ed.) Pastoral Care Issues in the Pulpit: An
Anthology. Lima, Ohio: C.S.S. Publishing Co.
Johanson, Greg (Ed.) (1984). Feed My Sheep: Sermons on Contemporary Issues in Pastoral Care. Ramsey, New
Jersey: Paulist Press.
Johanson, Greg (1984). The Advent of Giants. In Greg Johanson (Ed.) Feed My Sheep: Sermons on Contemporary
Issues in Pastoral Care. Ramsey, New Jersey: Paulist Press.
Johanson, Greg (1984). Be Angry But Do Not Sin. In Greg Johanson (Ed.) Feed My Sheep: Sermons on
Contemporary Issues in Pastoral Care. Ramsey, New Jersey: Paulist Press.
Johanson, Greg (1984). Editorial: Watzlawick, Wilbur and the Work. Hakomi Forum. Vol. 1, Spring.
Johanson, Greg (1984). Technical Proposal for Intensive Family Services. Hakomi Forum. Vol. 1, Spring.
Johanson, Greg (1984). Not Going to Church: Helping People Make Their Case. The Christian Ministry. Sept.,
Vol. 15. No 5.
Johanson, Greg (1985). Editorial: When in Doubt, Go with the Principles. Hakomi Forum. Vol. 2, Winter.
Johanson, Greg (1985). A Note on Psychodrama and Hakomi Therapy. Hakomi Forum. Vol. 2, Winter.
Johanson, Greg (1985). The Use of Biofeedback by Hakomi Therapists. Hakomi Forum. Vol. 2, Winter.
Johanson, Greg (1985). Editorial: Bite a Blue Apple. Hakomi Forum, Vol. 3, Summer.
Johanson, Greg (1985). Hakomi and the Creation Centered Spirituality of Matthew Fox - Path I Befriending
Creation: The Via Positiva. Hakomi Forum, Vol. 3, Summer.
Johanson, Greg (1986). The Common Thrust of Counseling and Preaching. Pulpit Digest, January/February, VOL.
LXV, N0. 477.
Johanson, Greg (1986). Reflections On A Native American Funeral: The Ways of a Spiritual People. New World
Outlook, Vol. XLVI No. 7, May.
Johanson, Greg (1986). Review of, Will & Spirit: A Contemplative Psychology by Gerald May, M.D. and The Road
Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck, M.D. Pulpit Digest, September/October VOL. LXVI, No. 481
Johanson, Greg (1986). Editorial: Taking It Home With You. Hakomi Forum, Vol. 4, Summer.
Johanson, Greg (1986). Hakomi in the Trenches. Hakomi Forum, Vol. 4, Summer.
Johanson, Greg (1986). Review of, , The Transforming Moment: Understanding Convictional Experiences by
James E. Loder, Care of Mind Care of Spirit: Psychiatric Dimensions of Spiritual Direction by Gerald G.
May, M.D., Being Transformed: An Inner Way of Spiritual Growth by Edward E. Thornton, and
Spirituality and Pastoral Care by Nelson S. T. Thayer. Pulpit Digest, November/December, Vol. LXVII,
No. 482.
Johanson, Greg (1987). Review of, Dynamics in Pastoring by Jacob Firet. Pulpit Digest, January/February, Vol.
LXVII, No 483.
Johanson, Greg (1987). Editorial: In Honor of Carl. Hakomi Forum, Vol. 5, Summer.
Johanson, Greg (1987). Hakomi and the Creation Centered Spirituality of Matthew Fox - Path II Befriending
Darkness, Letting Go and Letting Be: The Via Negativa. Hakomi Forum, Vol. 5, Summer.
Johanson, Greg (1987). Review of, Psychotherapy East & West: A Unifying Paradigm by Swami Ajaja, Ph.D. and
The Penguin Principles by David Belasic & Paul Schmidt. Pulpit Digest, March/April, Vol. LXVII, No.
484.
Johanson, Greg (1987). Out Of, Not Into, The Trouble With Mountaintops, The Underside of Lilies, A Process of
Subtraction. The Clergy Journal, May/June.
Johanson, Greg (1987). Review of, Widening the Horizons: Pastoral Responses to a Fragmented Society by
Charles V. Gerkin and The Presence of God in Pastoral Counseling by Wayne E. Oates. Pulpit Digest,
May/June, VOL. LXVII, No. 485.
Johanson, Greg (1987). Last Sunday After Pentecost, Christ the King and The Nativity of our Lord, Christmas Day
(liturgical services with prayers and sermons). In Manfred Holck, Jr., (Ed.). The Minister's Annual Manual
for Preaching and Worship Planning. Austin, Texas: Church Management, Inc.
Johanson, Greg (1987). Review of, The Reckoning by David Halberstam. Pulpit Digest, July/August, Vol. LXVII,
No. 486.
Johanson, Greg (1987). Review of, Twelve Keys to An Effective Church by Kennon L. Calahan. Pulpit Digest,
September/October, VOL. LXVII, No. 487.
Johanson, Greg (1987). Klamath Liaison Worker Makes An Impact in Chiloquin Area. United Methodist, Portland,
OR Vol. 22, No. 8, August.
Johanson, Greg (1987). Part-Time Ministry: A Personal Reflection. United Methodist Rural Fellowship Bulletin,
VOL. XLII, September, No. 3.
Johanson, Greg (with Taylor) (1988). Hakomi Therapy with Seriously Emotionally Disturbed Adolescents. In
Charles E. Schaefer (Ed.). Innovative Interventions in Child & Adolescent Therapy. New York, NY: John
Wiley & Sons.
Johanson, Greg (1988). Review of, Getting Things Done: Concepts and Skills for Leaders by Lyle E. Shaller.
Pulpit Digest, January/February, Vol. LXVIX, No. 489.
Johanson, Greg (1988). Review of, Money in the Church by Joe Walker. Pulpit Digest, March/April, Vol. LXVX,
No. 490.
Johanson, Greg (1988). Review of, Widening the Horizons: Pastoral Responses to a Fragmented Society by
Charles V. Gerkin and The Presence of God in Pastoral Counseling by Wayne E. Oates. Pulpit Digest,
May/June, Vol. LXVXI, No. 491.
Johanson, Greg (1988). Second Sunday After Epiphany and Third Sunday After Epiphany (liturgical services with
prayers and sermons). In Manfred Holck, Jr. (Ed.). The Minister's Annual Manual for Preaching and
Worship Planning. Austin, Texas: Church Management, Inc.
Johanson, Greg (1988). Review of, Americans and the Unconscious by Robert C. Fuller. Pulpit Digest,
July/August, Vol. LXVXII, No. 492.
Johanson, Greg (1988). Review of, Pastoral Theology: Essentials of Ministry by Thomas C. Oden. Pulpit Digest,
July/August, Vol. LXVXII, No. 492.
Johanson, Greg (1988). Review of, Pastoral Counseling Across Cultures by David Augsburger. Pulpit Digest,
July/August, Vol. LXVXII, No. 492.
Johanson, Greg (1988). Editorial: A Wider Perspective. Hakomi Forum, Vol. 6., Summer.
Johanson, Greg (1988). A Curious Form of Therapy: Hakomi. Hakomi Forum, Vol. 6., Summer.
Johanson, Greg (Research and first draft) (1988). UMC Theological Statement Felt Drew Touch. The Connection
(of the Theology School, Drew University) Fall.
Johanson, Greg (1989). The River of Compassion. The Clergy Journal, May/June.
Johanson, Greg (1989). Review of, Clinical Theology: A Theological and Psychological Basis to Clinical Pastoral
Care by Frank Lake, Abridged by Martin Yeomans. Pulpit Digest, May/June, Vol. LXIX, No. 497.
Johanson, Greg (1989). The Unlove. Pulpit Digest. May/June.
Johanson, Greg (1989). All the Lonely People: The Use of Characterology in Ministry. The Journal of Pastoral
Counseling, XXIV/1 Spring-Summer.
Johanson, Greg (1989). The Hierarchical Approach of Ken Wilber to the Psychology and Sociology of Religion.
The Counseling Journal, No. 4.
Johanson, Greg (1989). An Assurance Doctrine of the Cross. Challenge for Evangelism, Summer.
Johanson, Greg (1990). Review of, Crisis Ministries by Thomas C. Oden and Becoming a Minister by Thomas C.
Oden. Pulpit Digest, January/February, Vol. LXX, No. 501.
Johanson, Greg (1992). A Critical Analysis of David Augsburger's Pastoral Counseling Across Cultures. The
Journal of Pastoral Care, Vol. 46, No. 2., Summer.
Johanson, Greg (1990). It's Cold Out There. The Clergy Journal. May/June.
Johanson, Greg (with Barstow) (1990). Current Perspectives on Hakomi Training and Therapy Issues. Hakomi
Forum, Vol. 8, Winter.
Johanson, Greg (with Kurtz) (1991). Grace Unfolding: Psychotherapy in the Spirit of the Tao-te ching. New York,
NY: Bell Tower. Hardback ISBN 0-517-58449-2
Johanson, Greg (1991). Beyond the Next Meal. In Manfred Holck, Jr., (Ed.) The Minister's Annual Manual for
Preaching and Worship Planning. Austin, Texas: Church Management, Inc.
Johanson, Greg (1991). Grace Unfolding. (3,000 word excerpt of Grace Unfolding). Common Boundary, Vol. 9,
Issue 4, July-August.
Johanson, Greg (with Kurtz) (1991). Grace Unfolding: Psychotherapy in the Spirit of the Tao-te ching. New York,
NY: Bell Tower. Paperback ISBN 0-517-88130-6
Johanson, Greg (1992). Paperback edition of Grace Unfolding by Quality Paperback Book Club.
Johanson, Greg (1992). Editorial: Encouraging Communion. Hakomi Forum, Vol. 9, Winter.
Johanson, Greg (1993). Matters of Unity, Truth, and Morality: Science and Theology in the Quarterly Review of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South 1847-1851. Methodist History, January, Vol. 31 No. 2.
Johanson, Greg (with Kurtz) (1993). Sanfte Starke: Heilung im Geiste des Tao te king, German translation of Grace
Unfolding by Koesel Verlag: Munich, ISBN 3-466-34293-7
Johanson, Greg (1993). Pastoral Reflections sections for Fifth Sunday of Easter, Sixth Sunday of Easter, Seventh
Sunday of Easter, Pentecost, and Trinity Sunday. Lectionary Homiletics, May.
Johanson, Greg (1993). Both/And, Not Either/Or: A Response to Alan Billings' 'Pastors or Counsellors'. Contact:
The Interdisciplinary Journal of Pastoral Studies, 110.
Johanson, Greg (1993). The How of Being Religious: A Review of David M. Wulff's Psychology of Religion:
Classic and Contemporary Views. The Journal of Pastoral Care. Fall, Vol. 47, No. 3.
Johanson, Greg (1994). Editorial: Getting Self Conscious. Hakomi Forum, Editor, Vol. 10, Fall.
Johanson, Greg (1994). Revelacion de la Gracia:Psicoterapia en el Espiritu de el Tao-te King, Spanish translation
of Grace Unfolding by Cuatro Vientos Editorial: Santiago, Chile. ISBN No 956-242-025-6
Johanson, Greg (1995). Pastoral Implications sections for Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, & Tenth Sunday After
Pentecost. Lectionary Homiletics, Vol. VI, No. 8., July.
Johanson, Greg (1995). Editorial: Foundations Revisited. Hakomi Forum, Vol. 11.
Johanson, Greg (1996). The Birth and Death of Meaning: Selective Implications of Linguistics for Psychotherapy.
Hakomi Forum, Vol. 12.
Johanson, Greg (1997). Pastoral Implications sections for Sixth, Seventh Sunday of Easter, Pentecost, First Sunday
After Pentecost. Lectionary Homiletics, Vol. VIII No. 6., May.
Johanson, Greg (1997). What Is A Revival Anyway? United Methodist Relay: Voice of the New Jersey Area Vol.
XLIII No. 5., June.
Johanson, Greg (1999). Pastoral Implications for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Nineteenth Sunday in
Ordinary Time. Lectionary Homiletics, August.
Johanson, Greg (1999). "Far Beyond Psychoanalysis:" Freud’s Repetition Compulsion. Hakomi Forum, Vol. 13.
Johanson, Greg (1999). Making Grace Specific: The Renewed Chapter of Spirituality in the History of White,
Mainline, Protestant Pastoral Care in America. Ph.D. dissertation Drew Graduate School, Madison. (UMI
Microform 9949072)
Johanson, Greg (2000). A New Ministry is Born. United Methodist Relay: Greater NJ Annual Conference (NJ).
Vol. XLVI No. 8 October.
Johanson, Greg (2001). Pastoral Implications for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sixth Sunday in Ordinary
Time, Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Lectionary Homiletics,
February.
Johanson, Greg (2002). Glimpsing the Field of Pastoral Theology Through the Window of Spirituality. Journal of
Pastoral Theology, Vol. 12, No. 1, January.
Johanson, Greg (2002). Frankford Plains Food Pantry Keeps on Growing in Sussex County. United Methodist
Relay: Greater NJ Annual Conference (NJ). Vol. XLVIII, March.
Johanson, Greg (2002). Far Beyond Psychoanalysis: Freud’s Repetition Compulsion and the USABP. 3rd National
Conference of the United States Association for Body Psychotherapy, Johns Hopkins Univ. Baltimore,
Maryland June 5-10, Conference Proceedings.
Johanson, Greg (2003). Tolerating Good News. Lectionary Homiletics. Vol. XIV, No. 3. April-May.
Johanson, Greg (with Cohen) (2003). Editor’s Introduction: Why Self-Leadership? Journal of Self Leadership,
Vol. 1.
Johanson, Greg (2003). Revival Offers Eternal Message to Today’s Culture in Nostalgic Way. United Methodist
Relay: Greater NJ Annual Conference (NJ). Vol. XLIX, September.
Johanson, Greg (with Kurtz) (2004). Grace Unfolding: Psychotherapy in the Spirit of the Tao te-ching, Simplified
Chinese translation of Grace Unfolding by China Light Industry Press, Beijing Multi-Million Electronic
Graphics & Information Co. Ltd. ISBN No 7-5019-4206-4.
Johanson, Greg (2004). Frankford Plains Celebrates Renovation: Drew University Dean to Speak at Special
Service on Sunday. The New Jersey Herald Friday July 23, B1.
Johanson, Greg (with Kurtz) (2004). Grace Unfolding: Psychotherapy in the Spirit of the Tao te-ching, Japanese
translation (Ikue Tezuka) of Grace Unfolding by Shunjusha Co. ISBN 4-393-32218-5.
Johanson, Greg (2005). Editorial: The Changing Neighborhood. Hakomi Forum, Vol. 14-15.
Johanson, Greg (with Tater) (2005). Hakomi Therapy: Must Therapy Be Forceful? The Echo, Charlottesville, VA.
June.
Johanson, Greg (2006). “Die Organisation unserer Erfahrungern – ein systemorientierter Blick auf die
Koerperepshychotherapie." Herausgegeben von Gustl Marlock und Halko Weiss Handbuch der
Koerperpshchotherapie. Stuttgart: Schattauer Verlag, 167-187. ISBN-13: 978-37945-2473-0.
Johanson, Greg (2006). “Steigerung der Unmittelbarkeit und intimitat der therapeutischen Beziehung uber die
somatische Dimension (mit Heckler)." Herausgegeben von Gustl Marlock und Halko Weiss Handbuch der
Koerperpshchotherapie. Stuttgart: Schattauer Verlag, 500-501. ISBN-10: 3-7945-2473-X, ISBN-13: 97837945-2473-0.
Johanson, Greg (2006). The Use of Mindfulness in Psychotherapy. Hakomi Forum, Vol. 16-17.
Johanson, Greg (with Cohen) (2006). Editor’s Introduction: Growth of IFS. Journal of Self Leadership, Vol. 2.
Johanson, Greg (2006). A Survey of the Use of Mindfulness in Psychotherapy. The Annals of the American
Psychotherapy Association, Vol. 9, No. 2.
Johanson, Greg (2007). Book Review of, In the Wake of Disaster by Harold G. Koenig, M.D. The Journal of
Pastoral Care & Counseling, Vol. 61, Nos. 1-2, Spring-Summer.
Johanson, Greg (with Cohen) (2007). Editor’s Introduction : Psycho-Spiritual Growth. Journal of Self Leadership,
Vol. 3.
Johanson, Greg (2007). Selected Bibliography on Mindfulness and Psychotherapy. In J. David Cole & Carol
Ladas-Gaskin, Mindfulness Centered Therapies: An Integrative Approach. Seattle, WA: Silver Birch
Press. ISBN: 978-0-9816585-0-6
Johanson, Greg (2009). Psychotherapy, Science & Spirit: Nonlinear Systems, Hakomi Therapy, and the Tao. The
Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health, Vol. 11, No. 3.
Johanson, Greg (2009). Non-Linear Science, Mindfulness, and the Body in Humanistic Psychotherapy. The
Humanistic Psychologist, Vol. 37.
Johanson, Greg (2008). Book Review of, Anger: Discovering Your Spiritual Ally by Andrew D. Lester. The
Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling, Vol. 62, Nos. 1-2, Spring-Summer.
Johanson, Greg (2008). Artistic Inspirations: False Colors. The Annals of the American Psychotherapy
Association. Vol. 11, No. 3.
Johanson, Greg (2004). Grace Unfolding: Psychotherapy in the Spirit of the Tao te-ching, Korean translation of
Grace Unfolding by Hakjisa Publishers, Korea ISBN 978-89-92654-04-3 03180.
Johanson, Greg (2009). Book Review of, You Are the One You’ve Been Waiting For by Richard C. Schwartz. The
Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health, Vol. 11.
Johanson, Greg (2010). Response to: 'Existential Theory and our Search for Spirituality' by Eliason, Samide,
Williams, and Lepore. The Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health, 12.
Johanson, Greg (2010). Walking into the Future with Hope. The Annals of the American Psychotherapy
Association, Vol. 13, No 2.
Johanson, Greg (2011). Book Review of, The Mindfulness Workbook by Thomas Roberts. The Annals of
Psychotherapy & Integrative Health, Vol. 14, No. 1.
Johanson, Greg (2011). In Memoriam: Ronald S. Kurtz -- 1934-2011. The Journal of Body, Movement & Dance in
Psychotherapy, Vol. 6. No. 2.
Johanson, Greg (2011). Mindfulness, Emotions, and the Organization of Experience. The USA Body Psychotherapy
Journal, Vol. 10. No. 1.
Johanson, Greg (2011) Interview with Nancy Eichhorn, M.A. on Accessing the Essential Self: Self States and
Clinical Applications. Somatic Psychotherapy Today: The UABP Magazine, Vol. 1, No.1.
Johanson, Greg (2011). Editorial: Ripples from a Life Lived. Hakomi Forum, Vol. 23-24.
Johanson, Greg (2011). Book Review: The Emergence of Somatic Psychology and Bodymind Therapy by Barnaby
B. Barratt. Hakomi Forum, Vol. 23-24.
Johanson, Greg (2011). Creative Struggling. Somatic Psychotherapy Today: The USABP Magazine, Vol. 1, No 2.
Johanson, Greg (2011). Grace Unfolding: Psychotherapy in the Spirit of the Tao te-ching, Traditional Chinese
translation of Grace Unfolding by Veritas Publishers, Hong Kong, ISBN 978-988-18437-4-6, with reprint
of Johanson, Greg (1993). Both/And, Not Either/Or: A Response to Alan Billings' 'Pastors or Counsellors.
Contact: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Pastoral Studies, Vol. 110, No.1.
Johanson, Greg (2012). A Case Study Introduction to Hakomi Therapy. Bethel Seminary Pastoral Counseling
Center Newsletter. Hong Kong, April.
Johanson, Greg (2014). Somatic Psychotherapy and the Ambiguous Face of Research. International Body
Psychotherapy Journal. Vol. 13, No. 2.
Johanson, Greg (2015). The Organization of Experience: A Systems Perspective on the Relation of BodyPsychotherapies to the Wider Field of Psychotherapy. In Gustl Marlock and Halko Weiss, (Eds.)
Handbook of Body Psychotherapy. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Publishers.
Johanson, Greg (with Heckler) (2015). Enhancing the Immediacy and Intimacy of the Therapeutic Relationship
through the Somatic Dimension. In Gustl Marlock and Halko Weiss, (Eds). Handbook of Body
Psychotherapy. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Publishers.
Johanson, Greg (2015). Hakomi Therapy. In Edward S. Neukrug, (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Theory In Counseling
and Psychotherapy. NY: SAGE Publishers.
Johanson, Greg (2015). Hakomi Principles and a Systems Approach to Psychotherapy. In Halko Weiss, Greg
Johanson, and Lorena Monda (Eds.) Hakomi: Mindfulness-Centered, Somatic Psychotherapy: A
Comprehensive Guide to Theory and Practice. NY: Norton. (ISBN 978-0-393-71072-4)
Johanson, Greg (with Weiss) (2015). Hakomi Historical Context & History. In Halko Weiss, Greg Johanson, and
Lorena Monda (Eds.) Hakomi: Mindfulness-Centered, Somatic Psychotherapy: A Comprehensive Guide to
Theory and Practice. NY: Norton. (ISBN 978-0-393-71072-4)
Johanson, Greg (2015). Case Illustration. In Halko Weiss, Greg Johanson, and Lorena Monda (Eds.) Hakomi:
Mindfulness-Centered, Somatic Psychotherapy: A Comprehensive Guide to Theory and Practice. NY:
Norton. (ISBN 978-0-393-71072-4)