Clinical Psychologists / Counsellors
Sawako Gomi
I am an experienced and qualified clinical psychologist / counselor. I hold MA in Myth, Cosmology and Sacred. My orientation is Psychosynthesis and Integrative Transpersonal Counselling, which integrates concepts from Jungian, Gestalt, relational, psychodynamic, neuroscience, body psychotherapy and family system theory as well as developmental and archetypal psychology.
As an integrative transpersonal practitioner and Psychosynthesis guide, I have come to recognize the value of symptoms, such as a feeling of inner emptiness, fear, a deep depression, lack of direction and meaning in life and loneliness, as guide for “soul making” or deep self-reflection of our life journey. They demand our deep attention, deep listening and deep understanding. For this reason, I often work with myth, symbols, dreams, images, imagination and body.
Naoko Nakamura
I am a qualified clinical psychologist and have experience in clinical work since 2002. After finishing my master's course in clinical psychology at International Christian University (ICU), I started working as a psychotherapist/counselor at a public institution for children and parents care. Ever since, I have been working with adults, adolescents and children, offering counseling and professional support at private practice and at some clinics. As an Jungian-oriented counselor, I often work with dreams. Those who don't have dreams are also welcomed to have sessions with me.
I am sure that the deeper the connection we have with our own body and psyche, the more guides we receive from them about the direction we are meant to go. In our life, we sometimes encounter hardships, get depressed, encounter sad experiences, lost orientation, and so forth. However, such experience itself can be a guide for us. To explore in such experiences including deep emotional ones helps you to have deeper understanding of yourself, which enables you to guide yourself by 'yourself'. The latter 'yourself' sometimes includes, for example, dream images. Dream images can be very helpful 'friends' and 'messengers' for you.
At this moment, I only practice counseling online for I am currently residing in Switzerland, being a diploma candidate of Jungian Analyst at ISAPZURICH, Switzerland, and a PhD candidate at University of Essex, UK. I am working as an analyst-in-training in Switzerland and worked as a PDE (Personal Development Electives) analyst for MBA candidates at IMD Business School to enhance their capacity of self-understanding during 2015 -2017. Some of IMD students are still continuing their analysis/counseling sessions with me.
