Monthly Archives: May 2019

Body Image and How it Relates to Mental Health

Mental Health Awareness Week 2019 was hosted by the Mental Health Foundation, which is the UK’s charity for everyone’s mental health. The purpose of the awareness initiative is to highlight the problems and stigmas related to talking about and diagnosing mental health issues. Every year, a theme is chosen to help shed light on an […]

Tokyo Mental Health Welcomes Maarten Mulholland, counselor

We would like to welcome Maarten Mulholland, a psychologist and community counselor, to the team. Hello everyone, I am happy to be joining the team here at TMH. I have long been involved in community counselling as a volunteer, phone counsellor, trainer and group supervisor. ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) with its strong focus on […]

Who Does Tokyo Mental Health Serve?

At Tokyo Mental Health we have the privilege of serving people from a variety of backgrounds and nationalities.  While many of our clients are from the USA and Japan, we also see clients from Chile, Singapore, Germany, Qatar, and the Netherlands, just to name a few! The majority of our sessions are provided in English, […]

Navigating the Transition Process

For many people, particularly here in Japan, Spring is a time of major change. People start new jobs, move to new locations, and start spending more time outdoors. Students start the new school year which, for some, means joining a new class; for others, means attending a new school, and for still others, may mean […]