Owner, Licensed Therapist

About Teva

Hello, I’m Teva Johnstone—Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Clinical Supervisor, and private practice owner in Ventura, California.

The focus of my practice is OCD and related conditions. I also see people suffering from depression and parenting concerns.

I receive regular supervision in Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) for the treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder and anxious distress from an expert clinician and professor in NYC.

I enjoy mentoring early career providers and currently supervise pre-licensed child therapists.

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Clinical Training

University Education

  • Master's of Social Work, Azusa Pacific University (APU), 2013

  • Bachelor’s of Arts, University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), 2005

California License

  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker No.103826

Adult Mental Health

  • Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) Cognitive Behavioral Institute and ongoing expert supervision

  • Habit Reversal Therapy (HRT) Cognitive Behavioral Institute

  • Inference-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (I-CBT) Cognitive Behavioral Institute

  • Perinatal Mood & Anxiety Disorders Postpartum Support International

  • Technology Addiction and Digital Health Certification Dr. Nicholas Kardaras with PESI

  • Internet Addiction: Evaluation and Treatment Kimberly Young & Cristiano Nabuco de Abreu

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Steven Hayes & Daniel Moran with PESI

  • Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) Level 1 University of Iowa

Perinatal Mental Health

  • Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders Postpartum Support International

  • Postpartum and Birth Doula DONA International

  • Certified Lactation Education Counseling UC San Diego

Trauma, ASD, ADHD

  • Autistic Mental Health Judy Endow with Autism Society

  • ADHD in Adults: Diagnosis, Impairments, Long-Term Management Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D., ABPP

  • How the Body Keeps the Score: Intensive Trauma Treatment Course Bessel van der Kolk with PESI

  • Seeking Safety Treatment Innovations

Children’s Mental Health

  • SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxiety Childhood Emotions) Eli Lebowitz, Yale Child Center

  • Attachment-based Family Therapy In-Progress

  • Advanced Trauma Treatment for Children and Adolescents PESI

  • Sensory Motor Arousal Regulation Treatment (SMART) SMART Moves LLC

  • Certified DIR Floortime Practitioner Level 1 ICDL

  • Trauma-focused CBT (TF-CBT) Medical University of South Carolina

  • High-functioning Autism, Adolescents & Young Adults PESI