Psychological support activities at a psychological counseling center open to the local community
Clinical Psychology Counselling Room Graduate School of Clinical Psychology
https://cp.leh.kagoshima-u.ac.jp- toshima
- china
- amami
- yoron
- yamato
- uken
- setouchi
- tatsugou
- kikai
- tokunoshima
- amagi
- isen
- wadomari
Background and objectives of activities
The Graduate School of Clinical Psychology, established in 2007, is a professional degree course in the field of clinical psychology, with the main focus being on training “clinical psychologists who can provide support to each and every citizen”. The Japanese Association of Certified Clinical Psychologists, a public interest incorporated foundation commissioned by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology as an accreditation organization, requires that the university has a psychological counseling room as an on-campus training facility. As a psychological counseling facility that also functions as a teaching clinic, we accept paid, face-to-face psychological counseling for anyone in the local community. The results of these activities are published in the “Bulletin of the Psychological Consultation Room” and disclosed to organizations that have a duty of confidentiality, to ensure transparency.
Summary of Activities
We provide individual psychological counseling services with the aim of supporting mental health in the local community, while protecting personal information.
・We provide support for mental health issues in the local community for “non-university students”.
We offer consultations for people who are concerned about their children (children and parents) with worries about child-rearing, development, truancy, friendships, etc. (We also offer consultations for parents and children at the same time.) / People who are concerned about how to interact with others, such as when interpersonal relationships at work or school are not going well / People who are concerned about family relationships, such as parent-child relationships and marital relationships / People who have worries of their own, such as anxiety, personality problems, lethargy, depression, or who want to think about the future, etc.
We have experience of accepting consultations from the Amami Islands, Tanegashima, Yakushima, etc.
We will strictly protect the privacy of those who have contacted us for advice.
Psychological consultations are by appointment only, and we will first ask you to give us a brief outline of your concerns over the phone.
With the consent of the person who has come to see us, a graduate student who is a trainee counselor may be in charge of the consultation under the guidance of a qualified clinical psychologist or certified psychological therapist.
The results of our activities, including the number of consultations and trends, are reported in the “Bulletin of the Clinical Psychology Consultation Room”, and are only published in organizations with a duty of confidentiality to enhance transparency.
Expected Benefits
We have established a system that can provide ongoing psychological support for various mental problems and worries, such as worries about child-rearing and development, psychological support for family members and school personnel, and other worries and anxieties, and by setting up a place where anyone in the community can consult about “mental problems and worries”, we hope to contribute to the maintenance and promotion of the mental health of the people who visit the center and their families, as well as the recovery of their independence.