Spring 2022 Lifeline Support Worker Training
As we approach the end of 2021, you might be reflecting on what you have achieved this year and the skills and areas of your life you want to develop next year. Almost everyone believes they are a good listener, but effective active listening takes work! Providing support to the English-speaking community can be an […]
Happy International Volunteer Day
December is a time when many of us are busy getting together with friends and colleagues and buying gifts to celebrate the holiday season. It is also the time that we celebrate and recognize the power and potential of volunteerism and thank those who give and create a community in a different but equally important […]
Keeping Children Safe During Pandemics and Disasters
November is Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Campaign Month in Japan, and at TELL we would like to highlight the urgent need for increased support for vulnerable children and families. While child maltreatment existed in Japan long before the COVID-19 pandemic, the conditions COVID-19 has created have increased the stressors and vulnerabilities that caregivers’ are […]
Humans at Work Podcast – TELL
Listen to TELL’s Lifeline Director, Vickie Skorji, and Michael G. from the podcast Humans at Work as they discuss mental health in Japan. “Vickie Skorji is the Director of the Tokyo English Lifeline (TELL) and explains mental health trends and challenges in Japan, how to take care of our mental health in a crisis, and what’s unique about […]
International Domestic Abuse Awareness Month
The stories are incredibly unique and nuanced. Yet a thread of similarity strings them together. Despite the country one finds themselves in, the echo of strength, resiliency, and so much confusion can be heard in the voice of survivors. Their questions are asked both explicitly and implicitly through the stories they tell. What is violence […]
Coping Skills for Anxiety and Panic Attacks
Join TELL’s Anxiety and Panic Attack Group Sessions! Saturday, January 15 – Saturday, March 5, 2022 (8 sessions) 10:00 – 11:30 AM JST on Zoom ACT is highly effective in coping with anxiety & panic attacks. Fees for 8 sessions are a flat rate of ¥25,000. This group is for adults & participants will be […]
I am so OCD
Most of us have said or heard someone say this phrase before, whether referring to a color-coded closet, “floors you could eat off of,” or liking your car really clean. While people who have OCD can be organized and clean, the difference between using OCD as slang vs. OCD as a diagnosis is whether that […]
TELL’s Latest Newsletter
Read the TELL November 2021 Newsletter! Click here to read the newsletter.
TELL Volunteer Voices with Mimi
Read TELL Volunteer Voices with Mimi: Why Mental Health? What does it mean to you? Mental health is just as fundamental as my physical health. Mental health is also about practicing mindfulness and being wholehearted. This is something I only realized through self-reflection over the last year. In the past, I associated the term ‘Mental […]
TELL Volunteer Voices with TJ
TELL Volunteer Voices with TJ: Why Mental Health? What does it mean to you? So many, if not, all of our biggest problems can be traced back to mental health; from our finances to our physical health to our relationships, etc. When we are more educated about mental health, psychology and neurology then we can […]
Welcome to the TELL Board, Akemi Suzuki
Welcome to the TELL Board, Akemi Suzuki. Akemi is a Japanese attorney licensed in Japan and New York and has been a Partner in the Tokyo office of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu since 2011. In addition to advising multinational companies on cross-border corporate transactions and privacy issues, she is passionate about diversity, sustainability, and human rights issues and serves on NO&T’s Diversity & […]
TELL STEP UP Community Voice by AFWJ
Read the TELL STEP UP Community Voice by AFWJ: A Step Closer Together I am supporting STEP UP with the AFWJ Wonderwomen! AFWJ is the Association of Foreign Wives of Japanese.TELL is great. About six years ago, I felt overwhelmed with PTA, Gakudo, Kodomo Kai, Jichikai, a husband working long hours, rudimentary Japanese skills, and […]