Individual Counselling/ Couple & Family Therapy
Noriko works with individuals of all ages from diverse cultures and communities. Clients are adults, children, adolescents, older adults, couples, families and family dyad (parent/ caregiver & children).
Integrate
- Attachment theory approach
- Trauma-informed
- IFS-informed Parts work
& IFIO couples therapy: a branch of IFS -Internal Family System therapy
- MBSR: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction,
- EMDR: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
- Polyvagal theory
- DBT: Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
- LGBTQIA2+ affirmative
- Sandtray Therapy
&
- EFT: Emotionally Focused Therapy (for couples)
- EFIT: Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy & Trauma
- EFFT: Emotionally Focused Family Therapy
*Please see details of my approaches under "Art Therapy" - "My Approaches".
Individuals - For all ages:
- Stress/ Anxiety/ Burnout
- Feeling unmotivated /isolated/depressed
- Conflict in Relationships (at home, at work, or/and at school)
- Adjustment issues（Cultural issues, Language issues, Home-sick, etc)
- Loss and Grief
- Anger Management
- ADHD and Behavioural Difficulties
- Panic Disorder
- Low Self-Esteem
- Communication issues
- Trauma from illness (includes hospitalization, surgery etc), injury, accidents, and abuse
- Going through or recovering from illness and injuries
- Chronic illnesses
Couples & Families:
- Relationship issues (i.e. communication)
- Identify patterns of conflict & disconnection
- Increase emotional connections between partners & within a family
- Learn skills to improve intimacy
- Separation or divorce
- Parenting challenges
- Sibling dynamic issues
- Transgenerational trauma
- Cope with challenges such as grief, infidelity, changes (job, moving, etc), and other life issues that affect couples & families
- And more...
Family Dyad (parent/caregiver & child):
A "Dyad" is a group of two people, and "Famly dyad" means a parent (or a primary caregiver) and a child receive sessions together. For example, a mother and her daughter have been experiencing difficulty developing a connection, so this dyad (a pair) is seeking for professional help in order to improve their relationship.
Family dyad sessions enable you and your child to work on Parent-Child mutuality which is comprised of emotional reciprocity, co-responsiveness, and cooperation, and benefits are including:
- Improve quality of relationship and bond
- Enhance ability to cope with stress and improve emotion regulation
- Gain insight into emotional experiences
- Develop interpersonal relationship skills
- Strength sense of safety and security with caretakers
- Reduction in controlling behaviours
- Form and establish a healthy attachment