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TELL Counseling

Empathetic and Exceptional Mental Health Support

TELL Counseling provides confidential and comprehensive mental health services for the increasingly diverse international community. TELL Counseling offers confidential face-to-face and distance counseling psychotherapy services for adult individuals, couples, families, children, and adolescents. We have counseling centers in Tokyo and Okinawa. We also provide professional and secure Telehealth Counseling. Our diverse therapist team provides counseling services in English, Japanese, Spanish, Cantonese, Urdu, Hindi, and Turkish.

Our experienced and compassionate therapists and psychologists are all licensed in Japan and/or overseas or are directly supervised by a qualified clinician. Our current areas of expertise include:

For more information on our counseling fees and assessment fees for children, please click here. The best way to reach us is through email:

Tokyo Office

For general questions: [email protected]

For appointment questions: [email protected]

Okinawa Office

For general questions: [email protected]

For appointment questions: [email protected]

Important Notice from TELL Tokyo Office: (Updated on Oct 30) We are currently accepting: - Child assessments - Adult clients (18 years old or above) requesting online teletherapy sessions Monday through Friday 9 AM – 4 PM. Please note we can process intakes out of the above group, time and location. However you may be placed on the waitlist until a suitable provider becomes available.

Important Notice from TELL Okinawa Office: (Updated on Oct 30) The current wait time is 1 -2 weeks for both in person and Tele-health for all clients.

We offer services in Tokyo (Omotesando), Okinawa (Mizugama and Sunabe), and virtually anywhere in Japan via Teletherapy.
Confidential face-to-face and video-based counseling is available
Licensed, experienced professional clinicians
Flexible fees
Multiple languages (English / 日本語 / 廣東話 / Español / Urdu / Hindi / Turkish)

View Our Services

Explore our different treatment options via the buttons below.

Meet Our Team

Our team of psychotherapists and psychologists are compassionate, experienced, and dedicated professionals who are licensed and receive ongoing supervision. We offer face-to-face and teletherapy counseling and assessment at the following locations listed above. For information regarding our therapy, counseling, or testing/assessment services, please click the ‘Appointment’ button at the top of this page.

TELL Tokyo/Distance Team

Akemi Weddington (MA, LMFT, LPCC)

Psychotherapist – Adult and Adolescent Individual & Couple Counseling

Services:

Telehealth only

Language:

Japanese and English

Akiko Ogawa (MIS, MA, RDMP, CPP)

Psychotherapist—Adult Individual & Couples Counseling / Children and/or Families

Services:

In-person and telehealth

Language:

English and Japanese

Alejandra Reyes (M.A., LCP)

Clinical Psychologist— Children, Adolescent, and Adult Individual Therapy with over 15 years of experience

Services:

In-person and telehealth

Language:

English and Spanish

Anum Shahroze Suzuki (MS)

Psychotherapist – Adult Individual

Services:

In-person and telehealth

Language:

English and Urdu/Hindi

Ashly Schanback Ishii (CCP, CPP) they/them

Psychotherapist— Adult Individual & Couples Counseling / Children and/or Familie

Services:

In-person and telehealth

Language:

English and Japanese

Billy Cleary (M.A., LMFT)

TELL’s Clinical Director — Billy is a graduate of Wheaton College’s Marriage and Family Therapy program in Illinois, and is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Services:

In-person and telehealth

Language:

English

Cherie Adams (LCSW)

Psychotherapist

Services:

Telehealth Only

Language:

English

Chikako Ishii (MS, Marriage and Family Therapist)

Psychotherapist—Adult Individual & Couples Counseling / Children and/or Families

Services:

In-person and telehealth

Language:

Japanese and English

Eugnice Chiu, MSocSc

Counsellor licensed with The Hong Kong Professional Counselling Association

Services:

Telehealth only

Language:

English and Cantonese

Hiromi Tsujii (MS, M.A.)

Psychotherapist—Adult Individual & Couples Counseling / Children and/or Families

Services:

In-person and telehealth

Language:

Japanese and English

James Nixon, (LPC)

James is a Licensed Professional Counselor through the state of Arkansas.

Services:

Telehealth Only

Language:

English

John Grindrod

Canadian Certified Counselor

Services:

Telehealth Only

Language:

English

Kohei Mori (LCAT, MT-CB)

Psychotherapist

Services:

In-person and telehealth

Language:

English and Japanese

Kyoko Sonoda (M.A., LPCC, CPP)

Certified Public Psychologist — Adult Individual & Couples Counseling / Adolescent and/or Families

Services:

Telehealth Only

Language:

Japanese and English

Mami Strasser-Tsutada (MA, LLMFT)

Psychotherapist

Services:

In-person and telehealth

Language:

Japanese and English

Mine Karagozoglu Brooks (MA.)

Counseling Psychologist and Psychotherapist

Services:

In-person and telehealth

Language:

English and Turkish

Rieko Brooks-Kajiwara (M.Ed., LPC, NCC)

Holds a Master of Education degree in Community Counseling and is Licensed Professional Counselor in Illinois, U.S.A.

Services:

Telehealth Only

Language:

English and Japanese

Sue Lee, MA, LMFT, ATR-BC, CPP

Sue is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (California, U.S.), a board-certified Art Therapist, and Certified Public Psychologist (公認心理師) in Japan.

Services:

Telehealth Only

Language:

English and Japanese

Taeko Yamada (MSW, CPP)

Psychotherapist—Youth, adult individuals, couples, and families

Services:

In-person and telehealth

Language:

Japanese and English

Yoon Ki Chai (M.A., LMFT)

Psychotherapist—Adult Individual & Couples Counseling. Ms. Chai is an American psychotherapist licensed as an MFT in California.

Services:

In-person and telehealth

Language:

English

Yoshimi Araki, MS, LMHC

Yoshimi is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor through the State of Hawai’i

Services:

Telehealth Only

Language:

English and Japanese

TELL Okinawa Team

Reiko Fujisawa (M.A., ATR-BC, LCAT)

Psychotherapist—Adult Individual & Couples Counseling / Children and/or Families

Services:

In-person and telehealth

Language:

English and Japanese

Chizuko Ogane, (CCP, CPP)

Psychotherapist and Clinical Lead

Services:

In-person and telehealth

Language:

English and Japanese

James Nixon, (LPC)

James is a Licensed Professional Counselor through the state of Arkansas.

Services:

Telehealth Only

Language:

English

Jenny Hernandez (LMHC)

Clinical Manager and Psychotherapist— Jenny Hernandez is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor through the State of Florida

Services:

Currently not taking new clients

Language:

English

Kirara Miyahara (ATR-BC, LPC)

Art Therapist and Psychotherapist – Child, Adolescent, Adult Individual Therapy

Services:

In-person and telehealth

Language:

Japanese and English

Nami Matsumura

Psychotherapist

Services:

Telehealth Only

Language:

English

Wakako Minamoto-Wood, MA

Therapist

Services:

In-person and telehealth

Language:

Japanese and English

Cherie Adams (LCSW)

Psychotherapist

Services:

Telehealth Only

Language:

English

Anum Shahroze Suzuki (MS)

Psychotherapist – Adult Individual

Services:

In-person and telehealth

Language:

English and Urdu/Hindi

Mami Strasser-Tsutada (MA, LLMFT)

Psychotherapist

Services:

In-person and telehealth

Language:

Japanese and English

Amber Sorsek (LCSW)

Psychotherapist

Services:

Telehealth only

Language:

English

Rachel Walls (MSW, LCSW)

Psychotherapist

Services:

In-person and telehealth

Language:

English

TELL Assessment Team

Alejandra Reyes (M.A., LCP)

Clinical Psychologist— Children, Adolescent, and Adult Individual Therapy with over 15 years of experience

Services:

In-person and telehealth

Language:

English and Spanish

Angelica Isomura-Motoki (PhD)

Neuropsychologist/Clinical Psychologist— Dr. Isomura is a licensed clinical psychologist in the state of California, USA, and her expertise is in the area of neuropsychology

Services:

In-person and telehealth

Language:

English and Japanese

Momoko Yamashita Hecht, (PhD)

A Psychologist— Dr. Hecht earned her M.S. degree in school psychology from the University of Oregon, and PhD from University of Utah.

Services:

Telehealth Only

Language:

English and Japanese

Yuta Aoki (PhD, M.D.) (Currently not accepting appointments)

Psychiatrist— Dr. Aoki is a bilingual Japanese/English psychiatrist licensed in Japan

Services:

Language:

Japanese, English

Certification

TELL is a certified non-profit organization in Japan, dedicated to providing world-class, effective support and counseling services.

We practice state-of-the-art standards of care in the mental health field through professional face-to-face and virtual counseling services.

Confidentiality Policy

All clinicians working at TELL Counseling are governed by the ethical and professional guidelines regarding confidentiality applicable to their professional membership (e.g. American Psychological Association, National Association of Social Workers).

Clients’ personal information is kept strictly confidential within the clinic, including the electronic data. Client files are stored in a secure location and are accessible only by staff of this clinic. We do not share information with others unless the clients have given us written permission to do so.