TMH News


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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Client Feedback Survey at Tokyo Mental Health

Is Tokyo Mental Health any good? What is Tokyo Mental Health doing to be better? Tokyo Mental Health has been developing different approaches, including our latest client feedback survey, to maintain and improve the quality of our service as we believe it is important to provide a high standard of care to our clients.  Such […]

COVID-19 Support Group: Finding Balance

Tokyo Mental Health’s fourth and final COVID-19 support group was held by JouAn “Anne” Chen MA, on May 24th 2020. Anne discussed how you can maintain mental health during the pandemic by finding balance. Watch the video below to learn techniques on how to maintain balance and achieve a positive mental health! Please don’t hesitate […]

COVID-19 Support Group: Communication Tools

Tokyo Mental Health’s third COVID-19 support group was held by Ryota Sakurai MSc AMFT, on May 18th 2020. The session topic was about communication tools. Watch the video below to learn how you could communicate with others effectively by using communication tools! Please don’t hesitate to contact us on [email protected] if you have any questions. Alternatively, you […]

COVID-19 Support Group: Setting Boundaries

Tokyo Mental Health hosted its second COVID-19 support group on May 11th 2020. This time, the group was hosted by our psychologist, Bronwen Dawson MSc, which focused forming and maintain healthy family boundaries at home during quarantine. Watch the video below to find out how to get started on setting boundaries! Please don’t hesitate to […]

COVID-19 Support Group: Mindfulness

In May 2020, Tokyo Mental Health hosted its first COVID-19 support group led by our director of psychological services. Watch the COVID-19 Support Group: Mindfulness video to find out how mindfulness can help you maintain your mental health! You can also find out more about mental health during the coronavirus pandemic on our resource page. […]

Online Therapy Services

Author: Bronwen Dawson Preventative measures of the Coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19), such as quarantine and social distancing, can make accessing reliable mental health services difficult and frustrating. You may have come across the following questions during the pandemic: “I’m in quarantine. How can I see a therapist without leaving my house?” “I’m practicing social distancing. How […]