Japan

Sandra Kimball
Location: Australia and Japan
Phone: 0458 175 962; Skype Name: sandrakimball
Email: sandra@internationalcounselling.com or byroncounselling@gmail.com
Website: www.internationalcounselling.com  and www.sandrakimball.com.au
Nationality: Australian/American
Languages Spoken: English
Religious Affiliation: An integrated approach
Clinical Specialties: Please see website
Cross-Cultural Experience: 10 years international counselling experience in Japan.  Practice is now web-based and clients are living in Japan as well as in Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Ans Kobashi-Schoot, Clinical Psychologist
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Phone: (03) 3417-7028 from inside Japan, or +81-3-3417-7028 from abroad
Email: ans.kobashi@gmail.com
Website: http://www.IMHPJ.org/
Nationality: Dutch
Languages Spoken: English and Dutch
Religious Affiliation:
Clinical Specialties: Helping multi-cultural English speaking couples and individuals (adults and adolescents) from various countries, who are struggling with cross-cultural adjustment, relationships, anxiety and grief.
Cross-Cultural Experience: I have lived and worked in Japan for over 25 years, and experienced working with expats and the foreign community in Tokyo and surroundings.

Gayle Olsen, LMSW
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Phone: 03-3400-1063
Email: Gayle@OCC-Japan. com
Website: https://sites.google.com/a/occ-japan.com/tokyo-japan-counseling-psychotherapy/
Nationality: USA
Languages Spoken: English
Religious Affiliation: Jewish, but highly experienced covering multiple religious and cultural affiliations
Clinical Specialties: Adolescent and Family, Individual and Couples. Cross-cultural adjustment. Stress and Trauma. Community Programs and Seminars. Corporate Wellness Programs.
Cross-Cultural Experience: I have lived and raised a family overseas for 24 years during which time I have worked as the Executive Director of an International Counseling Organization (Tokyo English Life LIne); been a consultant for the international schools in Tokyo; worked as an in-house counselor for an international School; maintained a private practice; and conducted various seminars and workshops for schools, organizations and corporations serving the international community.

Reggie Pawle, Ph.D.
Location: Kyoto and Osaka, Japan
Phone: 075-781-2252
Email: reggiepawle@yahoo.com
Website: www.reggiepawle.net
Nationality: USA
Languages Spoken: English, mid-level Japanese
Religious Affiliation: Buddhist/Christian; I am a member of an interdenominational study group
Clinical Specialties: Important issues for individuals and couples, adults and teenagers, including: anxiety, depression, anger, stress, relationships, eating disorders, substance abuse, gender, identity, life changes, and cross-cultural issues.
Cross-Cultural Experience: I have lived in Japan since 1999 and am married to a Japanese woman. I teach cross-cultural psychology to foreign university students who are doing their third year in Japan at Kansai Gaidai University. My travels outside the US have been frequent since beginning in 1972. I use both Western and non-Western methods in psychotherapy, according to the needs of the client(s). My research focus is on integrating research from cross-cultural psychology, including research on non-Western psychologies, into psychotherapy work with all nationalities.  

Scott Smith, LCSW
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Phone:  03-5570-5225 (from outside Japan, dial 81+3-5570-5225)
Email: scottsmith@hotmail.co.jp
Website: www.japantherapist.net
Nationality: USA
Languages Spoken: English and Japanese
Religious Affilitation: I was raised Episcopalian, but I do not attend any church at the moment
Clinical Specialties: Adolescents and their families; relationship problems; depression and anxiety
Cross-Cultural Expereince: Resident of Japan since 1984, bilingual (married to Japanese woman), teenage son attends international school here in Tokyo. Lots of experience counseling ex-pats since the early 1990s.

David Trautmann, LISW, DCSW
David Trautmann Social Work Services
Location: Okinawa, Japan
Phone: 81-090-6860-0851
Email: dtsocwkserv@sunny-net.ne.jp
Website:
Nationality: USA
Languages Spoken: English
Religious Affiliation: Baha’i Faith (serving people of all faiths and no faith)
Clinical Specialties: Licensed Independent Social Worker - Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Individual, Marital, Child & Family, Parenting Skills Training, Adoption Home Studies and Post-Placement Services
Cross-Cultural Experience: 15 years living in Japan, including Tokyo and Okinawa, working as a civilian domestic violence counselor and mental health therapist for the U.S. military serving military members and their dependents; also in weekend private practice providing adoptive home study and post-placement services to American military and expatriate families in Okinawa and East Asia and providing mental health services to U.S. D.O.D. employees and English-speaking clients and their dependents in my home office; 2 years’ part-time experience as a Staff Therapist for Tokyo English Life Line Community Counseling Service.  Broad cross-cultural experience working with clients of many different ethnicities and nationalities including: Euro-American, Afro-American, Hispanic American, Native American, Native Alaskan, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Dominican, Panamanian, Canadian, British, Australian, Japanese, Okinawan, Philippine, Thai, Korean, Chinese, etc.

Nan Yamada, LCSW
Location: Tokyo, Japan; also distance counseling for people all over the country without access to services in their area
Phone: 03-3498-0231 (from abroad (+81 3-3498-0231)
Email: clinical.assist@telljp.com
Website: www.telljp.com
Nationality: USA
Languages Spoken: English, Japanese
Religious Affiliation: none
Clinical Specialties: Mood disorders, Cultural adjustment, Japanese returnees, Relationship  issues,  JET Programme participants
Cross-Cultural Experience: I have lived in Japan since 1973, when I came here to study the Tea Ceremony. I have been married to a Japanese man since 1975 and lived in ordinary Japanese neighborhoods for 30+ years and now live outside Tokyo (Nagano Prefecture). Before becoming a therapist, I worked in several Japanese workplaces and earned a Master's Degree in Comparative Culture at International Christian U. in Tokyo, and later worked at its Counseling Center. I received my MSW from Boston University in 1997 - that experience was a great exercise in reverse culture shock that I find very valuable now in my work. I have worked with clients from every continent but Antarctica. I am a long-time member of International Mental Health Professionals Japan ( www.imhpj.org) and serve on its Board.