Our Counseling Services

The Tokyo Child and Adolescent Counseling Services highly values the professional and ethical standards set by the American Psychiatric Association and the therapists maintain Continuing Medical Education Credits in order to provide the highest-quality of care possible.

Some of the more common problems seen at the Tokyo Child and Adolescent Counseling Services includes behavioral disorders of childhood and adolescence, learning disabilities, self-confidence problems, relationship/family problems, depression, anxiety/panic, eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), oppositional-defiant disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADD or ADHD), phobias, substance and alcohol abuse, history of traumatic experiences (PTSD)/child abuse, and others.

Although most difficulties that are seen in children and adolescents can be dealt with effectively through counseling and behavioral approaches, there is the rare occasion that medication may be necessary for a severe depression or a clear case of attention deficit disorder that does not respond to psychosocial interventions. In these cases, while information and recommendations regarding psychiatric medication can be provided, the Tokyo Child and Adolescent Counseling Services works together with a physician licensed in Japan who provides the prescription.

Tokyo Child and Adolescent Counseling Services also works closely with many teachers, counselors, and health-staff in the international school system to promote the mental health well-being of children in the international community in the Tokyo and Yokohama area.

Reference list of international schools in the Tokyo and Yokohama Area: American School in Japan (ASIJ), British School in Tokyo, St. Mary's International School, Seisen International School, Canadian International School (CIS), Nishimachi International School, Kids World, Global Indian International School Japan, K. International School Tokyo, Tokyo YMCA International School, Aoba-Japan International School, Gregg International School (Tokyo), International Secondary School, The Montessori School of Tokyo, Tokyo International School, International School of the Sacred Heart (ISSH), KAIS International School, Aoba-Japan International School, New International School, Christian Academy in Japan, Horizon Japan International School, Saint Maur International School, Yokohama International School, The German School, Yokohama International Christian Academy, Makuhari International School.

Note: The Tokyo Child and Adolescent Counseling Services does not have any legal or organizational relationship with these schools. All clinical information about children attending one of of these or other schools who receive counseling at the Tokyo Child and Adolescent Counseling Services is kept strictly confidential unless there is a specific request from the parents.

Further practice details can be referenced from Dr. Berger’s home page here. Please note that all clients seen through the The Tokyo Child and Adolescent Counseling Services are seen under the same policies and terms of service as noted in Dr. Berger's practice details page. The Tokyo Child and Adolescent Counseling Service is a community counseling and mental health consultation service, it is not a medical facility or clinic.

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