Dr Misa Tsuruta
Registered Clinical Psychologists
verified by TherapyRoute
“A bilingual practice near Shinjuku, Tokyo by an experienced psychologist. I specialize in anxiety, romantic/intimate relationship including LGBTQ+, work/career issues, cultural adjustment and the effects of trauma. I have worked with individuals with various cultural/racial backgrounds. I don`t offer trial sessions.”
About Me
I am a Registered Clinical Psychologist practicing in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo. My education/training backgrounds are largely in New York. I help you cope with abuse survivors, anxiety, cross-cultural stress, LGBTQI+ concerns, and life transitions. I provide individual psychodynamic/eclectice therapy, couples therapy and corporate workshops.
Approach
My basic thinking is psychodynamic but I am not Freudian/classic. I have been hugely influenced by NYC psychology culture, where I studied my Master`s and Doctoral degrees in psychology. Major influences include Sullivanian (interpersonal school), Kohutian (self psychology), object relations and relational. Having said that, I tend to work flexibly drawing from cognitive-behavioral or mindfulness techniques as well as working with dreams, too. The approach is not of a doctrine nature but tailored to individuals so that the work is done more effectively and profoundly. I also studied cultural psychology and take cultural/social influences on people into account.
Services
Do you sometimes have hints that your childhood experiences are affecting your current life as an adult? As a psychodynamically-oriented therapist, I can help you make connections among different aspects of life/mind and work through difficult feelings. I am passionate about maximizing your potential despite your setbacks and negative past experiences. In New York and Tokyo, I have worked with people from various cultural/ethnic backgrounds. I also tend to work well with creative/artistic individuals (as I have backgrounds in dance and art-making).
Services Offered:
- •Corporate Workshops
- •Wellness Support
- •Individual Therapy
- •Psychodynamic Therapy
- •Trauma Counselling
- •Online Counselling
- •Relationship Counselling
Works With:
- •Organisations
- •Parents
- •Adults
- •Adolescents
- •Couples
Area of Expertise
Scope of Practice:
- •Abuse
- •Anxiety
- •Grief & Loss
- •Cross-Cultural
- •LGBTQI+ Support
- •Life Transitions
- •Trauma
Professional Title:
- •Registered Clinical Psychologists
Qualifications
The New School for Social Research
New York University, School of Education
Hitotsubashi University
Japan Center for Certified Public Psychologist
Registrations
International Association for the Study of Dreams
The Japanese Forum for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
Konin Shinrishi Shiken Kenshu Center
Certified Public Psychologist
