Blogs


Tokyo Mental Health Welcomes Estefania Ospina-Alikhan

We are delighted to welcome our new counselor, Estefania Ospina-Alikhan M.S. LCMFT, to Tokyo Mental Health’s growing team of service providers! Estefania Ospina-Alikhan is a Licensed Clinical Marriage and Family Therapist (LCMFT) that is fluent and bilingual in English and Spanish. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology with a minor in Child Development […]

Tokyo Mental Health Welcomes Melanie Ersapah

We are delighted to welcome our new counselor, Melanie Ersapah, M.S., to Tokyo Mental Health’s growing team of service providers!  Melanie received her Masters of Science in Counselling and Psychotherapy from Keele University in the U.K. She has worked with adults and young people with a range of issues, including anxiety, depression, bereavement, work stress […]

Tokyo Mental Health Welcomes Rekha Selvaraj

We are delighted to welcome our new therapist, Rekha Selvaraj, M.S, BCBA, LBA, to Tokyo Mental Health’s growing team of service providers!  Rekha Selvaraj is a board certified behavior analyst (BCBA) and Tennessee state licensed behavior analyst (LBA), who practices applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy at Tokyo Mental Health (Currently not available). She completed her […]

Tokyo Mental Health Welcomes Jess Podell

We are delighted to welcome our new counselor, Jess Podell, LCSW, to Tokyo Mental Health’s growing team of service providers!  Jess Podell received her Master’s degree from the City University of New York and is a licensed clinical social worker. Her professional experience began at a psychiatric hospital where she collaborated with a multidisciplinary team […]

Effective Communication with Your Friends and Family

In unprecedented times like these, it is more important than ever to lean on friends and family. Even when it is difficult to meet in person, finding the time and means to connect with others through effective communication can offer precious support and guidance in periods of uncertainty. However, it can be difficult to know […]

Tokyo Mental Health Welcomes Karan Sahar

We are delighted to welcome our new psychologist, Karan Sahar, to Tokyo Mental Health’s growing team of service providers!  Dr Karan Sahar is a British Clinical Psychologist registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (UK). He has accumulated over 10 years of clinical and research experience and expertise across public and charitable sectors working […]

Tokyo Mental Health 2020-21 Holiday Hours

Happy holidays from everybody here at Tokyo Mental Health! As we move closer to the Christmas and New Year holidays, we’d like to let you know of a few schedule changes for a couple of our therapy locations. The holiday hours for both our Shintomi Therapy Office and our Mihama Therapy Office will differ slightly […]

Simple Steps to Manage Stress

Author: Skylar Hom What is stress? Stress is a condition of emotional strain. This can be an everyday occurrence and can happen due to a variety of factors. Stress can present itself in multiple ways with unique effects on us, and is something that we all experience differently. Understanding how stress personally affects you, as […]

Tokyo Mental Health Welcomes Shok Hong “Holiday” Ooi

We are delighted to welcome our new psychologist, Shok Hong “Holiday” Ooi to Tokyo Mental Health’s growing team of service providers! Holiday has a master’s degree in Psychology from Universiti Sains Malaysia. Before coming to Japan, she worked as a lecturer and researcher at university in Malaysia, lecturing in psychology. Her research focused on interpersonal […]

Mental health stigma

Author: Bronwen Dawson, MSc What is mental health stigma? Stigma is defined in the Oxford dictionary as “negative feelings that people have about particular circumstances or characteristics that somebody may have”. Mental health stigma, according to this definition, is negative feelings, opinions, or judgement about mental illness and disorders – and we could agree that […]