Counseling For Kansai
English speaking psychological counseling for Kobe, Osaka, Kyoto
Native English speaking and fully Japanese bilingual U.S. Licensed American board-certified psychiatrist from New York and Japan-certified psychologist staff provide caring and compassionate psychological counseling. We are open weekdays, Saturdays, and national holidays from 7:30am to 12:00pm, and weeknights from 6:45pm to 11:15pm. Phone or Skype distance counseling is also available, and Japanese medication prescriptions can be conveniently mailed to your home anywhere in Japan through our fully-integrated medical services (the Japanese National Health Insurance can be used for medication prescriptions). We are an LGBTQ+ friendly center.
See Our Main Page: The Meguro Counseling Center
Physically located in Tokyo, we provide effective Skype or phone consultations for persons all over Japan with a focus on the Kansai areas of Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe. The Service is run by Dr. Douglas Berger, M.D., Ph.D., an American Board-Certified Psychiatrist who is the Director of the Meguro Counseling Center.See what we write about on Twitter：Dr. Berger's Twitter Page・Meguro Counseling Center Twitter Page・Anxiety & Depression Twitter Page.
The first step in determining the appropriate approach is to perform a thorough evaluation. The result of this evaluation and a provisional plan is presented to the client at the end of the first session, although the plan may need to be modified over the first few sessions. We feel that it is imperative that clients become fully educated about how the therapy will work and are active players in this endeavor. One of our educational videos, Major Problems & Methods to help, desribes the counseling approaches most commonly used in counseling, and serves as a primer to understand the way your therapist will think about your issues.
We also see many couples in crisis and have considerable experience with marriage and couples counseling. The pattern of trouble between the partners needs to be elicited and presented clearly to the couple so that they can work on resolving what is usually a negative cycle. Marital conflict sometimes leads to the painful conclusion of divorce. We are experienced in ways to alleviate problems in child custody and visitation. See an article on International Divorce in the Tokyo Families Magazine.
Clients who entrust us with their counseling needs are treated kindly and professionally, and the work at hand in the care of these persons and their issues is taken extremely seriously.
