Japan Military and SOFA Counseling
Meguro Counseling Center: Tokyo/On-line
The Meguro Counseling Center in Japan is run by a U.S. Licensed American Board-Certified psychiatrist Dr. D. Marc Berger from New York, providing psychological counseling and/or medication guidance in English for U.S. Military and SOFA-status civilians by phone or Skype, or by direct visit to our office in Tokyo. We frequently work with persons stationed in Okinawa, Sasebo, Iwakuni, Misawa, and the Kanto areas.
English Speaking Counseling Service for Military/SOFA in Japan
Many persons in need of mental health care in the U.S. military prefer to receive private and confidential care off-base. The American therapists at the Meguro Counseling Center are available for either face-to-face counseling or phone/Skype psychotherapy, and psychological counseling, for U.S. military forces and SOFA-status civilians. We are also fluent in Japanese.
We are experienced in individual mental health counseling, marriage and couples counseling; particularly Japanese-Western couples, child and adolescent counseling, family therapy, and group psychotherapy. Many American military and other civilian SOFA-status persons are stationed in Japan, and the therapists at the Meguro Counseling Center are very familiar with the psychological needs of Americans working on military bases in Japan.
Graphics & Tables. Visual aids to describe clinical issues:
- Core Issues & Defenses; a flow chart of the core psychological issues people have and the adaptive and maladaptive defenses people use. This is a related paper on how defenses can be used in psychotherapy to help one understand and work-through maladaptive behavioral styles.
- Mood Effects on Psychology; a diagram of how abnormal mood can lead to negative self conclusions which then promote feelings and behaviors that are not optimal.
- Self Esteem Needs in Relationships; an illustration of how the mechanics of intimate relationships can lead to crashes in self esteem. This graph is useful to help persons who are suffering a break-up in an important relationship.
- Obedience & Defiance Cycle; how a cycle between obedience and defiance can lead to resentment, guilt and fear, secondary depression, anxiety, conflict, and decreased self-assertion. This graph is also used in this case illustration video.
Psychopharmacology-Integrated Psychotherapy. The Meguro Counseling Center usually favors an approach that is integrated with psychotherapy when it is necessary to use medication. The therapists at the Meguro Counseling Center have considerable experience in treating psychiatric conditions with psychotherapy in tandem to medication, and your therapist can provide you with information and make specific recommendations to you for psychiatric medication that can be received through our fully-integrated medical services, either directly or mailed to the convenience of your home. Tricare select or other private insurance can cover you for our meetings and medication if necessary. We can give you a discount if you have Tricare Prime as that may not likely cover you.
This is an educational video made by the Meguro Counseling Center on Psychopharmacology-Integrated Marriage Counseling for ADHD that shows an example of how this kind of therapy can work.
Please feel free to contact the Center if you or a loved one is in need of help.
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