Counseling In Tokyo Group: counseling service for foreigners in Tokyo Japan. Therapist and psychotherapist counselor in Tokyo Japan.

Tel: 03-3716-6624

English speaking therapist, counselor, and psychologist in Tokyo in the Shibuya-Ebisu area of central Tokyo providing psychological support, individual therapy, life coaching, and marital/family mental health counseling, and group psychotherapy for the international community in Tokyo, Japan.

The psychotherapists at the Counseling in Tokyo Group provide English speaking counseling and support for foreigners in the Meguro Ward of central Tokyo through the medium of individual or Group psychotherapy with particular emphasis on interpersonal factors. The Counseling in Tokyo Group is a four-minute walk from Yutenji Station on the Toyoko (3 stops from Shibuya) or Hibiya lines (2 stops from Ebisu). Corporate training and conflict resolution is also available, please inquire for details.

Individual Therapy

Individual therapy often focuses on the Core Issue-Defense Paradigm in psychotherapy. The central theme here is that everyone has certain core issues like feeling inadequate or unloved that one sometimes makes maladaptive defenses against (ie. trying too hard to get noticed by others or getting into unhealthy romantic relations) that can then lead to trouble for the individual. Understanding and re-working these defenses and how they lead to trouble, as well as minimizing the effects of one's core issues is a very useful tool in therapy. Defenses can also sabotage the therapy if they are not handled properly in the sessions. Please refer to these case examples based on these approaches.

Group Therapy

Group therapy focuses on interpersonal interactions where the members serve as a mirror for each other in a forum where discussion about feelings about the interaction are the purpose of the meeting. Although non-Japanese persons can feel far away from home in Japan, the Counseling in Tokyo Group realizes the support needs of the foreign community right here in the center of Tokyo. Individual, couples, and family therapy is also available in both English and Japanese.

In the usual social setting, it is inappropriate to discuss the process of the interaction itself. However, because the purpose of the group is to look deeply into the interactive process itself, this makes the group a powerful tool to help one re-work their relationship style. For example, some persons try to be the center of attention in groups, however they don't realize how this actually pushes others away. Others are quiet and withholding of their feelings and may set up a wall between themselves and real intimacy; or even aggravate others unknowingly. Other persons have a tendency to argue or be cynical. Each person is usually unaware of their specific personality style and uses these styles as a defense mechanism to help themselves maintain emotional stability.

The Counseling in Tokyo Group is run by Dr. Douglas Berger, M.D., Ph.D., an American Board-Certified Psychiatrist. All the therapists have professional qualifications both in Japan as well as from abroad, and all therapists are bilingual in English and Japanese. Both Inquiries and therapy are private and confidential. Counseling-in-Tokyo is not a medical clinic or facility; clients can be referred to a licensed Japanese physician if medication is necessary. Clients may also be referred to network of independent therapists, each therapist having individual responsibility for the counseling of any clients they see.

Contact Information

Send E-mail inquiries with the E-mail Submission Form (Please provide your telephone numbers).

Telephone: 03-3716-6624, +81-3-3716-6624 from outside of Japan, for inquiries (please leave a message). As the phone may be forwarded to a mobile phone, you may need to wait a few seconds for transfer, and that because of this there is no fax function.

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