Annual Conferences

REEMERGING AFTER THE PANDEMIC Strengthening Mental Health Connections March 2-3, 2024 • Kobe Gakuin University, Kobe, Japan As the world reemerges after the pandemic, the mental health profession is continuing to carry the burden of our collective grief and exhaustion.  In addition to the deep and important role mental health workers are playing, we continue…

Welcome to IMHPJ’s 27th Annual Conference: Traumas & Treatments! This year’s conference brings us together in person for the first time in 3 years, at Kyoto University, where we will have the opportunity to learn about the trauma treatment – Brainspotting (BSP) – from leading expert, Dr. Takanobu Suzuki. In addition, we will have a…

“INTERPRETATION” ANNOUNCEMENT This year IMHPJ has the second opportunity to present its Annual Conference for 2022 entirely online. Our distinguished guest this year is Darian Leader, psychoanalyst and author, whose substantial clinical practice, research and writing on mental health, provides thought-provoking insights on mental disorders. PROGRAM Date: Saturday, February 19, 2022 Part 1 (IMHPJ members…

CARING IN THE DIGITAL WORLD AND IN DISASTER Announcement This year IMHPJ has the unique opportunity to present its Annual Conference for 2021 entirely online. Together we’ll reflect on our response to the global changes that emerged in the mental health field in the last decades of the 20​ century and the beginning of the…

Theme: Invisible Wounds Goal: This year IMHPJ has the unique opportunity to join with Kyoto University in presenting our Annual Conference for 2020. Together we’ll reflect on our response to the global changes that emerged in the mental health field in the last decades of the 20th century. Dates: March 6 – 8, 2020 Conference…

Theme: Resilience Goal: This year’s presentations are geared towards helping build resilience in our healing community here in Japan as well as providing a model of an organization that can assist all of us in practicing what we preach when it comes to caring for yourself. Dates: March 22 – 24, 2019 Location: The Wesley…

We are very excited to inform you that next year’s conference is taking shape. We will have the privilege of exploring Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy with one of the original developers and trainers, Susan McConnell, who will be joining us from Chicago. IFS is an elegant, deep, and highly effective therapy, originally developed to…

The IMHPJ 21st Annual Conference is now over! Thanks to all the speakers for their contributions and members for their attendance.