ABOUT

Expert

CEO, Resilie Laboratory

Kaoru Ichikawa, Ph.D.

President, EAPA Japan Dr. Kaoru Ichikawa has a Ph.D. in Preventative Medicine and introduced the concept of EAP to Japan and other Asia Pacific countries in the 1990s. She has been promoting employee wellbeing, EAP and resiliency as a core human resource and management strategy.
License
Certified Employee Assistance Professionals – International (CEAP-I) Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) – State of California Licensed Psychologist (Japan) Certified Clinical Psychologist (Japan)
Books
Resilience nurtured in Workplace(in Japanese) EAP design, implementation and management(In Japanese, In Korean) Revised 100 workplace mental health recipe(in Japanese) Utilizing EAP to enhance your corporation’s Mental Health(in Japanese) Work Engagement Q&A(in Japanese)
Academic Appointments
Employee Assistance Certification Commissioner 2016-2019. Employee Assistance Professionals Associations – Board member2012-2016. Asia Pacific Employee Assistance Roundtable, President 2013-2017. Board member. Japan Association of Job Stress Research Councilor. Japan Association of Stress Science Delegate. Japan Society for Occupational Mental Health Adjunct lecturer. University of Occupational and Environmental Health. Kyorin University. Kyotobunkyo University.

Emerald Jane Turner

Resilience Expert

Emerald Jane Turner

Emerald Jane Turner is the inventor of the Resilience Assessment/Matrix. She resides in the U.K. and provides resilience and mindfulness coaching and training to global corporations, as well as government organizations and community organizations.

Tooru Tsunoda

Board member, Resilie Laboratory

Tooru Tsunoda, MD, Ph.D.

MD from Keio University, School of Medicine. Ph.d. in Medicine. Professor in Emeritus, Kyorin University Professor, Ryotokuji University Consultant, Tokyo Occupational Health Support Center Vice Chair Person, Japan Society for Occupational Mental Health Vice Chair Person, Japan Association of Stress Science Managing Director, Industrial Safety Association for Forestry and wood manufacturing Industry Chair person, Japan EAP Association Vice Chair person, International Employee Assistance Professionals Association – Japan Branch

Kenji Shigemori

Board member, Resilie Laboratory

Kenji Shigemori, MD

Psychiatrist. Designated Psychiatrist as specified in Japan’s Mental Health and Welfare Law Certified Occupational Health Physician, Japan Medical Association Medical Director, Senzoku Mental Clinic. After working for Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, National Kurihama Medical Center, he became occupational mental health physician for corporations such as, Toshiba and TV Tokyo. Occupational Mental Health Expert.

Eiichi Seki

Occupational Mental Health Advisor

Eiichi Seki, MD, MPH.

Psychiatrist. Designated Psychiatrist as specified in Japan’s Mental Health and Welfare Law Certified Expert Psychiatrist, Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology Certified Occupational Health Physician, Japan Medical Association. Education: Medical Doctor, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo Japan. Master of Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health, USA Work Experience includes; Medical Officer, Programme for Resource Mobilization, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland, and Deputy Director, International Affairs Division, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Japan.

Satoshi Akutsu

Management and Business Administration Advisor

Satoshi Akutsu

Professor, Hitotsubashi University Business School School of International Corporate Strategy Education: BA and MA from Hitotsubashi University MS and PhD from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. He has served as research fellow at the Institute of Management, Innovation, and Organization at the Haas School, and has worked closely with the Department of Psychology of UC Berkeley. He provides advice and training on general management, marketing, and branding to various companies, central/local governments, and NPOs. He advocates “health management branding” as one of the management tools of corporate branding for a company’s sustainable growth.

Yuri Miyazawa

Chief Researcher

Yuri Miyazawa

MA in Human Behavior Licensed Psychologist. Certified Clinical Psychologist. Specialty; Human Behavior. Work experience: After working at Japan Airlines, she became a consultant for child education at a large child education institute. She has provided human development advisement to the child – middle age adult – elderly population. She provide various psychological assessment to children, as well as adults.

Psychology Expert

Tomoko Matsui

Tomoko Matsui

Ph.D.(Public Health), Licensed Psycholgist. Experience in providing guidance and counselling from school age children to adults in the area of well-being and life stage issues. Current and past positions include; Professor, Kyorin University School of Public Health. Board member, Japan Association of Stress Sciences. Board member, Japan Association of Occupational Mental Health. Board member. Japan Association of Industrial Stress.
Kyoko Umeda

Kyoko Umeda

MA in Counselling Psychology , North Texas University. Licensed Psychologist, Certified Clinical Psychologist, CEAP-I (Certified Employee Assistance Professional- International) 15 years of experience in providing EAP counselling in corporations. Expertise includes; Biofeedback, Critical Incident Stress Care and Animal Assisted Therapy.

Mindfulness Expert

Mi Yen Low

Mi Yen Low

MA in Clinical Psychology, Trained Teacher of Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) from Center for MSC, USA and Apprentice Teacher of Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) from Oxford Mindfulness Foundation, UK. Based in Malaysia, Mi Yen has 30+ years of experience in clinical psychology, crisis management and EAP/Occupational mental health and 15+ years of experience in mindfulness and compassion-based interventions. Current positions include:-
Board member, Asia Pacific Employee Assistance Roundtable (APEAR)
President, Malaysia Association for Mindfulness Practice and Research (MMPR)

Nursing Expert

Yuri Kitano

Yuri Kitano

BS in Nursing, Kokusaiiryofukushi University Licensed Nurse (RN) and Licensed Public Health Nurse. Experience in wellness care for infant to elderly in the community, end of life/hospice care, workplace stress check, and mental health disability management for workers.

Elder Care/ Social Work Expert

Yumi Tokita

Yumi Tokita

Kenkokachisozokigyo Inc. Licensed Social Worker Experience in elder care at skilled nursing facility, care management assessment in the community elder care, board member for local government’s social services commission.

Our Partners (Psychology)

Eriko Kobayashi

TIP(Tokyo International Psychotherapy)Co-director Eriko Kobayashi (Ph.D) TIP(Tokyo International Psychotherapy), Rikkyo University counselor Licensed Psychologist in California Certified Clinical Psychologist in Japan MS in Clinical Social Work (Columbia University) Ph.D. In Counseling Psyhchology (Pennsylvania State University) English Japanese bilingual psychologist specialized in cognitive behavioral therapy and cross-cultural psychology TIP(Tokyo International Psychotherapy)

Our partners (Occupational Health)

David Levine

David Levine (Global Care Experts LLC)

Crisis Care for global corporations for incidents that happen any place in the world by utilizing a global network of crisis care specialists. Expert in Psychological First Aid and Critical Incident Stress care after natural disasters, accidents and sudden death at work, Global Care Experts LLC
*Waseda University: Resilie Laboratory has been assigned to be an official practicum field to train Clinical Psychology Interns from Waseda University’s Department of Human Sciences. We accept 40 interns (BA and MA) every year.
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