John Brownlee has an extensive history in working with people who have been betrayed in the US and Internationally. For over 40 years he has been a psychotherapist and life coach to many, including CEOs of Fortune Five Hundred corporations, inmates in a maximum-security prison and foster children. He has counseled many individuals who have endured or are still dealing with the deep pain of betrayal. The Judas Kiss comes from John being the recipient of a major betrayal early in his life, when he got his first Judas Kiss.

John has a B.A. from Milligan University, a M.A. from Ball State University in Sociology and Counseling and post graduate studies in Marriage and Family at the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. He is a long-time member of American Association for Family Therapy.