For English-Speaking Clinicians
If you trained in an English-speaking country and are now practicing in Japan, you may have noticed that the frameworks you learned don't always translate seamlessly into a Japanese clinical context.
The assumptions embedded in Western psychotherapy — around self-disclosure, emotional expression, the therapeutic relationship, and what "change" looks like — can sit uneasily alongside the cultural realities your clients bring. Navigating that gap thoughtfully is not a small thing.
ENSO KOGEN Studio offers supervision with particular attention to the space between American clinical training and Japanese cultural context.
Supervision
Supervision is grounded in Self psychology and attachment theory — two frameworks that I find essential for understanding both the therapist's inner world and the relational dynamics at play in clinical work.
I also bring a multicultural lens to supervision, with particular attention to working with clients navigating cross-cultural transitions, immigration, and identity.
In art therapy supervision, I draw from Self psychology and a phenomenological approach to explore the relationship between the client and their creative work. This is particularly helpful for clinicians working with clients for whom self-expression is shaped by cultural background, or those wishing to deepen their understanding of art therapy in a clinical context.
For those seeking supervision toward American art therapy credentials (ATR/ATR-BC), I offer supervision grounded in the standards of the American Art Therapy Association.
Fees General Supervision: ¥9,000 / 50 min
Art Therapy Supervision (ATR/ATR-BC credential track): ¥15,000 / 50 min
HOW TO GET STARTED
Please reach out via the contact form. Feel free to write in English or Japanese.