12Th Annual Conference 2008

12TH Annual Conference 2008

INTERNATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS JAPAN ANNOUNCES ITS 12TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE:

IMHPJ is an organization of mental health professionals who work primarily with the foreign community in Japan. Our goal is to create and maintain a high level of professionalism and accountability, and to provide networking and continuing education. All mental health professionals in Japan are invited to attend and participate in our conference. Topics will be of interest to mental health practitioners in Japan.
Presentations will be in English.

CONFERENCE FEES: Before March 15th / After 15th or at the Conference
Both Days: MEMBERS: 8,000 / 10,000 yen NON-MEMBERS: 10,000 / 12,000 yen
Single Day: MEMBERS: 5,000 / 6,000 yen NON-MEMBERS: 6,000 / 7,000 yen

Saturday Dinner (12th at 7:00 pm): 5000 yen per person
(Additional event / charge, please sign up separately for this)

To register or for general inquiries . . . please contact
Susan J. Newton, PhD, Conference Coordinator
Email: newtonsj@hotmail.com
Telephone: 080-3016-4079 Fax: (03) 3314-3354
For location / map, directions, and information on Tokyo International School, visit: http://www.tokyois.com

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Introducing Music Therapy

Atsuko Nadata
CLINICAL TRAINING FOR PROFESSIONALS IN HUMAN SERVICES
PRESENTED BY IMHPJ-KANTO CHAPTER
(International Mental Health Professionals of Japan)

PROFILE:
Atsuko Nadata majored in piano at Toho Gakuen School of Music and received her MA in Music Therapy from New York University. She received further training as a Guided Imagery and Music therapist. Along with her private practice, she has worked at Auditory Oral school (a preschool for the hearing impaired), Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York Foundling Hospital (NYC), and Beacon Hospice (Boston). She returned to Tokyo in 2006 and opened a private practice. She is also a researcher at the National Center for Child Medical Health and Development. She is certified as a music therapist (MT-BC), a grief counselor (CG-C), and in Reiki.

PROGRAM:
In the first half program, I will present a rough idea of what music therapy can do and what kind of people can benefit. Then we will work on drawings and colors so that you can experience one music psychotherapy technique called Guided Imagery and Music (http://www.ami-bonnymethod.org). In the second half, we will discuss our experiences of the first half and talk about more specific music therapy cases. If you are interested in music therapy with specific types of clients, please let me know (letsmusicing@gmail.com) in advance so that I can prepare relevant materials.

COST:

Clinical Members  1,000 yen;
Non-members  2,000 yen

Please register by Monday, November 5 and indicate if you also wish to attend lunch at the Cortesia Restaurant next door.
Please state choice of three-course lunch with coffee for 1,900 yen:
1) meat pasta, 2) seafood pasta, or 3) vegetarian.

SEND reservations to: Adair Nagata alnagata@rikkyo.ac.jp
LOCATION: Tokyo Community Room, 5-4-22 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo

DIRECTIONS:
The Omotesando Metro Station is serviced by the Chiyoda, Hanzomon, and Ginza lines. Use Exit B-3. At street level, turn left and proceed to the first stop light that is Koto Dori and turn left again. There will be a Max Mara shop on that corner. Go three stoplights and turn left again. The building will be on your far left through a big green gate of a housing compound. The complex of residential buildings is two and three storeys high in a light yellow color. The Community Room is the last door on the left.

For inquiries re registration and general information about this event:
Contact: Adair Nagata,
Email: alnagata@rikkyo.ac.jp

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Supporting People who have experienced domestic violence

Sachi Nakajima, M.S.W., J.D.
CLINICAL TRAINING FOR PROFESSIONALS IN HUMAN SERVICES
PRESENTED BY IMHPJ-KANTO CHAPTER
(International Mental Health Professionals of Japan)

PROFILE:
Sachi Nakajima brings a background in law (Juris Doctor, 1991, Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College) and social work (Master of Social Work, 2003, Portland State University Graduate School of Social Work) to her work at Resilience, an organization she created and directs to support people who have experienced domestic violence. She also holds adjunct positions at Kyorin University and at Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences.

PROGRAM:
The program will describe step-by-step, through usage of diagrams, how an abuser's violence can affect the victim's emotional state through power and control. It will address issues such as why an abuser chooses to use violence, as well as why it is so difficult for the victims to leave the relationship. Sachi will address these issues from both of her perspectives; her experiences as a survivor as well as a supporter. She can also give a basic description of Japan's Domestic Violence Prevention Law.

COST:

Clinical Members  1,000 yen;
Non-members  2,000 yen

Please register by Monday, June 4 and indicate if you also wish to attend lunch at the Cortesia Restaurant next door.
Please state choice of three-course lunch with coffee for 1900 yen: 1) meat pasta, 2) seafood pasta, or 3) vegetarian.

SEND reservations to: Adair Nagata alnagata@rikkyo.ac
LOCATION: Tokyo Community Room, 5-4-22 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo

DIRECTIONS:
The Omotesando Metro Station is serviced by the Chiyoda, Hanzomon, and Ginza lines. Use Exit B-3. At street level, turn left and proceed to the first stop light that is Koto Dori and turn left again. There will be a Max Mara shop on that corner. Go three stoplights and turn left again. The building will be on your far left through a big green gate. The complex of buildings is two and three storeys high in a light yellow color. The Community Room is the last door on the left.

For inquiries re registration and general information about this event:
Contact: Adair Nagata,
Email: alnagata@rikkyo.ac

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Annual Conferences 2007

IMHPJ Annual Conference 2007

INTERNATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS JAPAN ANNOUNCES ITS 11TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE:

IMHPJ is an organization of mental health professionals who work primarily with the foreign community in Japan. Our goal is to create and maintain a high level of professionalism and accountability and to provide networking and continuing education. All mental health professionals in Japan are invited to attend and participate in our conference. Presentations are on topics of interest to mental health practitioners in Japan. Presentations will be in English.

CONFERENCE FEES: Before March 15th:
Both Days: MEMBERS: 10,000yen NON-MEMBERS: 12,000yen
Single Day: MEMBERS: 6,000yen NON-MEMBERS: 8,000yen

Registering AT THE CONFERENCE:
BOTH Days: 14,000 (non)members; SINGLE Day: 10,000 (non)members.

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Saturday, March 17 Registration begins at 12:00 noon
12:45 - 1:00 pm	Welcome and Introductions
Presentations
1:00 - 2:30 pm	Evelin Gerda Lindner "The Transition of the Link Between Humiliation and Mental Health: From Due Lowliness to Undue Humiliation"
2:45 - 4:15 pm	Susan Newton "Researching the Interstices:Fresh Connections"
4:30 - 5:30 pm	Annual General Meeting
7:00 pm -	Dinner and Social Event
Sunday, March 18th
7:30 - 9:30 am	Breakfast (baikingu/Buffet style)
8:30 - 9:30 am	Jim McRae (with feathered assists) "Toward a Psychology of Observation: Experiential Approaches to the Avian World-View." (bring binoculars if you have them)
- 10:00 am	Nature Exploration
Presentations
10:00 - 11:30 pm	Marcia Meckler "Scattered and Distracted: Grown Up ADHD"
11:45 am-12:15 pm	IMHPJ Elections/Meeting
12:15 - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 - 2:00 pm	Carol Zerbe Enns "Enhancing International Communication Between Mental Health Professionals Around the World"
2:00 - 3:00 pm	Uta Sonnenberg-Watanabe Ethics Roundtable Discussion
3:15 - 4:45 pm	Akiko Ohnogi "Introduction to Play Therapy"
4:45 - 5:00 pm	Closing