Profession Clinical Psychologist
Bio Dr. Abbey-Robin Durkin is a clinical psychologist who completed her PhD at the age of 25 years from Palo Alto University and Stanford University specializing in Early Intervention for traumatic stress. After serving as the Chief Psychologist for the Defense Attache Service (Diplomatic Service), she relocated in 2022 to fully devote herself to improving mental health care in Japan. She is the Vice President of International Mental Health Professionals of Japan, and the Vice President of Yokohama Counseling Office. As a practicing psychologist, she provides services to expats, Japanese citizens, and US government and military affiliated personnel and their families across the nation, virtually and in person from Aomori, Tokyo, Yokosuka, & Okinawa. She maintains partnerships with numerous Japanese medical clinics to augment clinical care as needed. Dr. Durkin is also partnered with the Effective Storytelling Academy of Japan, and JICA, for continued outreach of emotional literacy & development for Japanese children and families.
Clients I Work With Children, adolescents, adults, and elderly. Special populations include military personnel and their families, diplomatic personnel and their families, and corporations/ executives in the realm of leadership development
Services I Offer Dr Durkin offers cognitive behavioral therapy, prolonged exposure therapy (including modified protocols), early intervention for acute stress disorder, psychodynamic therapy, brief limited psychological supportive counseling, cognitive processing therapy, narrative therapy, dialectical and behavioral therapy.
For non-clinical services, she offers leadership coaching and development, work with corporate teams to improve interpersonal dynamics, psycho-education specific to financial decision making, public speaking on a variety of topics (including pod casting and social media), and patient advocacy within both civilian and military treatment systems.
Name of Practice Yokohama Counseling Office
Business Address 7-1-21, Minamisuna, Koto-Ku, Tokyo, 136-0076, Japan
Service Fee Self pay is 22000¥ including tax
Tricare prime 28,600¥ (billed directly to the government)
Tricare select 26,400¥ (reimbursed by Tricare but paid by client first)
Special Circumstances ¥15,000 (including tax)
Hours 9am-9am except Mondays and Saturdays
Degree/Education Ph.D. Clinical Psychology (Palo Alto University and Stanford University); MS in Research Methods and Statistics (Palo Alto University); BA in Psychology (University of Colorado)
Licensure & Registration USA, Nevada PY0546
Notes Dr. Durkin previously worked in diplomacy for 12 years providing services around the world to diplomats and their families struggling with culture shock, bullying, personality conflicts, and acute stress related to political crises. She has also served in the armed forces as a psychologist, Honorably Discharged as a Major 0-4 in 2013, and maintains good connections and cultural competence within the military treatment facilities across Japan. She has authored a children's book called Life As Strange: Navigating Rough Waters that speaks to the challenges of childhood as told through the eyes of her amazing guinea pig named Strange. These stories speak to complex topics in simple ways, and she provides monthly readings in English, Japanese, and French, across the Tokyo area. Dr. Durkin is a single mother, and raised an amazing son while living on a sail boat for 7 years between California and Maryland. Her passion is mentorship of women, LGBTQA+ communities, and helping people transform into the best versions of themselves. Now she serves as the Vice President of both the Yokohama Counseling office, and IMHPJ, with the hopes of continuing to open doors and level for future leaders in the mental health space of Japan.
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