Leland M. Johnston, M.D.

Curriculum Vitae

• 1978 M.D. Graduate of Emory University Medical School
• 1978-1979 Internship ‑ University of Washington
• 1979 ‑ 1981 Residency ‑ University of Washington, Adult Psychiatry
• 1981 ‑ 1982 Fellowship ‑ University of Colorado, Child Psychiatry
• 1982 ‑ 1983 Fellowship ‑ University of Washington, Child Psychiatry
• 1985 Certified - American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
• 1983 ‑ 2001 Private Practice in Seattle, WA
• 1984 ‑ 1991 Graduate of Adult Psychoanalytic Training at Seattle Institute for Psychoanalysis
• 1990 ‑ 2001 Faculty at Seattle Institute for Psychoanalysis
• 1992 Certified ‑ Adult Psychoanalyst by American Psychoanalytic Association
• 1993 ‑ 1994 President, Seattle Psychoanalytic Society
• 1993 ‑ 1995 Member of the Board of Trustees, Seattle Institute for Psychoanalysis
• 1993 ‑ 2000 Clinical Instructor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Washington
• 1991 ‑ 1996 Graduate of Child Psychoanalytic Training at Seattle Institute for Psychoanalysis
• 1997 Certified ‑ Child and Adolescent Psychoanalyst by American Psychoanalytic Association
• 1998 Associate Child Training Analyst, American Psychoanalytic Association
• 1998 – 2000 President, Edith Buxbaum Foundation
• 2001-Current Private Practice in Boulder, CO
• 2001-Current Faculty at Denver Institute for Psychoanalysis
• 2002-Current Clinical Faculty, Dept. of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

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I will briefly summarize my education, clinical practice and teaching in order to highlight my background. Subsequent to graduation from medical school with an M.D., I was trained in psychiatry with three years of adult psychiatric residency, followed by two years of child psychiatric residency, and became board certified as a psychiatrist. I completed 12 years of psychoanalytic training and became certified first as an adult psychoanalyst, then later as a child and adolescent psychoanalyst. Since 1983, I have practiced privately and have always taught psychiatry and psychoanalysis in the clinical setting of medical school, psychiatric residency, and/or psychoanalytic training.

During a comprehensive evaluation, I facilitate an understanding of diagnostic considerations and various treatment options. I offer medication when indicated, in the context of a treatment relationship that follows the course of response to medication. I offer psychotherapy, particularly a psychodynamically informed psychotherapy, when it is agreed to be beneficial. In some clinical situations, I offer a combination of medications and psychotherapy when it is determined to be most effective. I offer psychoanalysis when it is requested and understood to offer the most sustaining, long term treatment outcome. I use adjunctive referrals to neurology, neuropsychology, internal medicine, pediatric medicine, cognitive behavioral therapy, family therapy, group therapy, addiction counseling, educational consultation, or any other points of intervention that are helpful in order to establish the best care.