I am a psychologist, licensed in New York, USA, certified and registered as a psychologist/psychotherapist in France, and also registered as a certified public psychologist in Japan.
After completing my doctoral training in Los Angeles, California, I worked in a mental health clinic in New York City as a staff psychologist. One of my roles there was to supervise undergraduate psychology interns. I currently live in France, providing online individual and couples therapy/counselling in English and Japanese to those who live and work in Europe and Japan.
My professional experiences include working with those who are struggling with anxiety, depression, various kinds of trauma, loss, relationship and communication difficulties in professional and/or private lives, difficulties with cultural, gender and sexual diversity, adjusting to various life changes, clarifying and determining objectives and goals in one’s life and/or career, etc.
I provide a judgement-free space where my clients can slow down and check in with themselves. I tend to be rather active with my clients in order to help explore and process their experiences.
My aspiration is to help clients manage their anxiety effectively and reconnect with the real sense of who they are. I believe this regained sense of connection with ourselves helps us see and assess things with more clarity, which in turn allows us to navigate our lives better with feelings of calmness and groundedness. This also gives us a further sense of agency and purpose that helps us make more conscious and sensible choices in each moment of our lives.
I have been providing therapy for about 15 years and feel very privileged to have been able to work with diverse clients from various cultures, ethnicities, sexual orientations, professions, economic status, etc. and are all so bravely facing and dealing with many different life challenges and difficulties.
I would like to welcome each of you. I am happy and so grateful to have the prospects of being able to accompany and work
together with you in your very personal journey. My door is always open to all of you, and I so look forward to meeting you.
My clients often describe me as someone with warmth and a calm and caring presence with them. I am passionate about therapy, loving to work with diverse clients and learn about them, try to figure out together with them how to help them in the way that would feel “right” for each of them. I have so much appreciation for all of my clients who so bravely allow me to walk with them on their internal journey.
I am originally from Japan and have been living abroad for almost the 2/3 of my life. Having gone through acculturation process myself, I gained deeper understanding of what it’s like to live in different countries with people with diverse backgrounds. This experience helped me appreciate even more our differences as well as similarities as human beings. It also helped me connect with others in a much more meaningful way. I bring this part of me into therapy with my clients, hoping it helps us build a safe space and a meaningful therapeutic relationship.
I am an English- and Japanese-speaking psychologist who provides online therapy to individuals and couples.
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