Jon K. Amundson
Dr. Jon K Amundson, MA; MAPP, PhD was registered as the 579th psychologist in the Province and opened A/A in 1980 in Calgary.
He has taught at the university and college level, trained and supervised countless psychologists over the years; consulted on practice and ethics with hundreds, provided opinions to the Alberta Courts over 500 times, provided over 40k hours of clinical service and guided both his professional Association the College licensing body: twice named psychologist of the year in Alberta. He has supported vulnerable populations in his work through the profession and outside the office, personifying the scholar-activist role for psychologists.
Aside from direct services, Jon has written and published contributing to research in such journals as Family Court Review, The journal of Marriage and Family Therapy, Alternative Higher Education, American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, and Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, not to mention the Alberta Fishing Guide.
This little bit of here/there/alot of everywhere’s intellectually has included senior/elder athlete endeavours: hundreds of kilometres of cross country ski racing as sponsored athlete and several times several times Wolrd Champion in Polynesian canoe racing.
Jon always has one or two shelter dogs in residence in residence with him. He says he is lucky because he “never really worked a day in his life!” in his joy as a psychologist. He continues to challenge and energize the practice with his commitment and enthusiasm.