Counseling Approach
Some of the more common problems that the therapists at the Tokyo Meguro Counseling Center have experience treating includes self-confidence problems, relationship/family problems, depression and manic depression, anxiety/panic, eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobias, substance and alcohol abuse, history of traumatic experiences (PTSD)/child abuse, feelings of unreality, sleep disturbances, psychosomatic (mind/body) disorders, women's issues, gay and lesbian issues, and child and adolescent disturbances. The Tokyo Meguro Counseling Center has considerable experience in the treatment of depression. Corporate training and conflict resolution is also available, please inquire for details. In addition, Phone or Skype counseling is often provided for persons living in the Kansai area (Kobe, Osaka, and Kyoto).
The Tokyo Meguro Counseling Center strives to create a friendly and compassionate atmosphere in its counseling style. An eclectic counseling approach using a balance of the different major types of therapy (cognitive/behavioral, psychodynamic, supportive, group psychotherapy and others) is employed to fit with what each individual requires in order to achieve the goals set in the sessions.
A central theme in therapy is that everyone has certain core issues like feeling inadequate or unloved that one sometimes makes maladaptive defenses against (ie. trying too hard to get noticed by others or getting into unhealthy romantic relations) that can lead to trouble for the individual. Understanding and re-working these defenses and how they lead to trouble, as well as minimizing the effects of one's core issues is a very useful tool in therapy. A detailed description of this approach can be found here: Core Issue-Defense Paradigm, and clinical case examples are on this page.
Sometimes an illness like severe Depression or Anxiety may require medication in order to allow the talk therapy to jump-start. The therapists at the Meguro Counseling Center have considerable experience in using psychiatric medications and keep up to date with the many medications used in Western countries that are not yet available in Japan. Your therapist can provide you with information and recommendations regarding psychiatric medication, and the Meguro Counseling Center works together with a number of physicians licensed in Japan who can provide a prescription as appropriate.
- Depression and Anxiety treatment is located on the Counseling Tokyo: Depression & Anxiety Specialists page.
- Child and Adolescent counseling is on the Tokyo Child and Adolescent Counseling Service page.
- Detailed Practice Information can be found on the Meguro Counseling Center Practice Details page for this counseling service in Tokyo Japan.
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The Meguro Counseling Center consists of Western-trained therapists able to provide face-to-face care for the international community in Tokyo. With extensive experience in Japan, these therapists have a deep understanding of the stresses of living in Japan.