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A note on Resilience

Nicole Gordon Adversity, like change, is an expected part of life. At various points in our lives we will all experience some kind of major challenge or difficulty, which can potentially have major negative effects on our mental health. While some people appear to manage and bounce back from these crises with minimal affect on […]

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 […]

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) & Resources in Japan

Sunna Trebbin Harvard What is Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)? Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that impacts communication and behaviour. ASD affects a person’s ability to socialize with others, and can also influence the way they perceive others (Durand, 2014). In other words, the act of reading social cues and providing appropriate responses […]

Welcome Nicole Gordon, Social worker

Tokyo Mental Health would like to welcome Nicole, a Licensed Social Worker from New York City. Hello everyone, I am happy to begin my work here at Tokyo Mental Health. In addition to providing counseling services, I will also be contributing to the TMH Blog and participating in research, among other functions. Before coming to […]

Suicides among Japanese youth hit 30-year high: How to help

For the past 12 decades, Japan has been presenting high suicide rates, for being a highly developed country. Suicide rates are often measured per 100 000 people, and from 1998 until 2011, the rate in Japan was 26.1 per 100 000 people. Since 2011 rates have declined (16.7 per 100 000 people), but suicide is […]

International Women’s Day: Gender and Depression

Sunna Trebbin Harvard Depression is one of the most common mental illnesses, as 4.4% of the entire global population are struggling with the hardships related to the illness (WHO, 2017). Depression is more common among women. When only looking at the female population, prevalence rates of depression rises up to 5.1%. There is no consensus […]

TMH welcomes Udeni to our growing team

We are happy to welcome Udeni Appuhamilage to our expanding team of clinical psychologists! Udeni obtained her academic and clinical training from the US and Australia. She has worked with universities, humanitarian organizations and state institutions for more than a decade as a clinician, clinical supervisor and a clinical trainer. Her key clinical expertise are […]

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