If you are in immediate danger or thinking about harming yourself, get help now. Visit a nearby emergency service, hospital, or mental health clinic. If you are in crisis, these helplines answer now:
Crisis numbers in Japan
- Inochi no Denwa Suicide Hotline: Tel: 0120-783-556 (freephone) | Tel: 0570-783-556 (Navi Dial, 10:00 to 22:00, call charges apply)
- Childline Japan: Tel: 0120-99-7777
- Tell Japan: Tel: 0800-300-8355 (toll free)
- BI Suicide Prevention Centre Osaka Helpline: Tel: 06-6260-4343
- All crisis lines in Japan
Japan has 14 therapists listed on TherapyRoute.
The list includes certified public psychologists, psychologists and CBT psychotherapists.
At a glance
- Therapists listed
- 14 (Psychologists 7, Family Therapists 2, Psychotherapists 2, Social Workers 2). Professions given by 14 of them.
- How they see clients
- online and in person 14 (100%).
- Who they work with
- Children, Adolescents, Adults, Couples, Families, All ages, Parents.
- Languages
- English 92%, Japanese 31%, Italian 8%, Portuguese 8%, Tagalog 8%.
Most of the practitioners listed here work in one city, and the grid below shows which. If that is where you are, start there. If it is not, the summary above sets out what the country's practitioners offer. You can also filter for practitioners who work by video.
Japan prices insured medical care from a national fee schedule. The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare sets it and revises it on a fixed cycle. The current revision took effect in April 2026. For someone who needs continuing outpatient psychiatric care there is a second scheme. It reduces the patient's share, and prefectures and designated cities run it. It sits in disability law rather than health insurance.
Every prefecture and designated city also runs a mental health and welfare centre. Consultation there is free and confidential.
See how to think about the cost of therapy.
Who registers therapists in Japan
Japan's state qualification is the Certified Public Psychologist, 公認心理師, created by an Act in 2015. It is a registration. A person passes the national examination, is entered on the register, and receives a certificate. The Act also protects the name.
Nobody unregistered may use the title, or the characters 心理師 in what they call themselves. Other Japanese words for counselling work carry no such protection. Japan publishes no public register anyone can search. So ask whether a practitioner is a 公認心理師, and ask to see the registration certificate.
Therapists by profession and city
- Asian Psychologists in Tokyo, one filter on the full Tokyo psychologists list
- Psychologists in Tokyo
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Vincenzo (Enzo) Sinisi, Clinical Psychologist (HPCSA), Psychoanalyst (IPA/SAPA), Group Analyst (IGA)