Clinical Psychologist

 

Japan Society of Certified Clinical Psychologists

Psychotherapist

 

Japanese Certificate for Psychotherapy

Master’s Degree (Magisterium) in Psychotherapy Science.

 

Sigmund Freud University, Vienna.

 

Andrew is a British born qualified Psychotherapist and Clinical Psychologist with over twenty years counseling, psychotherapy and mental health daycare clinical experience in Tokyo. He specializes in counseling and psychotherapy for anxiety disorders, depression, unreasonable stress, major depression, anger management, alcohol and substance abuse, domestic violence, trauma, childhood abuse and PTSD.

Counseling and Psychotherapy in English and Japanese.

1986 ~ Present: Hozumi Clinic, Tokyo (Mental Health Medical Center) Counseling and Group Counseling Mental Health Adult Daycare Center (Group Worker)

1989 ~ Present: Ikebukuro Counseling Center, Tokyo. Clinical Psychologist, Psychotherapist, Multicultural Counseling Team Coordinator

1993 ~ 1995: Nagasaki Health Center, Adult Mental Health Daycare Center, Group Therapist

1999 ~ Present: Tokyo Counseling Services Director, Shimokitazawa Counseling Center: Clinical Psychologist, Psychotherapist, Supervisor.

Andrew was educated, trained and qualified as a Clinical Psychologist with a focus in Person Centered Psychotherapy (PCP) under the clinical supervision of Dr Noboru Hozumi and the educational supervision of Dr Akihisa Kondo. In 2003 he became the only non-Japanese mental health professional to be awarded the Japanese Certificate of Psychotherapy qualification as a registered Psychotherapist in Japan by the Japanese Federation for Psychotherapy.

He uses an integrative approach in counseling and psychotherapy, combining person centered (PCP) psychotherapy, cognitive therapy (CT) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to assist each individual client find effective solutions in their own terms to the specific problems they are facing. His extensive experience in mental health care clinics, counseling centers and local government health center and private mental health care daycare facilities in Tokyo includes working with people experiencing unreasonable levels of stress and anxiety, anxiety disorders, panic attacks, panic disorder, depression, major depression abuse, domestic violence,traumatic stress, PTSD, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.

He also specializes in providing effective individual couples and marriage counseling and psychotherapy for people experiencing unreasonable stress, anger management problems, anxiety disorders (such as social anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder and panic disorder), depression, alcohol and substance abuse, trauma, domestic violence, childhood abuse and PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder).

As a qualified JFP Psychotherapist and a qualified JSCCP Clinical Psychologist he is experienced in providing coordinated psychological and social support to clients in both English and Japanese in teamwork with the client's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare nationally licensed psychiatrist. He has extensive experience of working with individuals, couples and families in crisis, including supporting people who are feeling their situation is hopeless, suffering from extreme anxiety, confusion, and depression and having thoughts of suicide.

Japan Society of Certified Clinical Psychologists

Japanese Federation for Psychotherapy

The Association of Japanese Clinical Psychology

The Japan Association of Group Psychotherapy

Japanese Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

Tokyo Society of Certified Clinical Psychologists

Health Counseling - Nissouken Publishing - 1998 Volume November/December

The Japan Times - Time Out - "Life in Japan"- March 2002

Counseling Today - "Counseling in Japan"- American Counseling Association - December 2002 Volume 45

J Select - "Should I Stay or Should I Go, Now? - January February2005

Asahi Shimbun/International Herald Tribune - "Finding a Way to Connect, to Help" April 2006

International Medical Journal - "Counseling in a Multicultural Japan" Volume 13, Number 3 September 2006