Counselor Blog

Choice Theory

2006-10-11T23:56:00.000-04:00

Choice Theory Book

I am about finish reading this book. This book gives me a lot of different thoughts for counseling. The basic idea of the choice theory is that all humans have choice regardless with situations. The choice does not have to mean to be physical, but it can be psychological. You can choose to be happy, sad, irony, and so on. It is up to you what kind of feeling you have. According to Dr. Glasser, people just do not realize they have choice, and keep blaming on something. Learning choice theory means to start controlling your own life.

I know this book long time. Sometimes, my college professors talked about and whenever I visited their office, the book was always there. I simply did not have time to read it. I was crazy at studying something else and working. In Japan, I can find more reading time than before. It is because, I use train a lot and wait people a lot.

Dr. Glasser has been working on fixing a lot of couples' relationship issue by this theory. Also, he applied it to the public school education, which became the best school in the U.S later. If you have time and are looking for a book to read, please pick this one. You will be able to change your thought and life. I guarantee it!

Phone Call

2006-10-03T20:27:00.000-04:00

New Phone

From today, my office's (my room) phone number is changed. New phone number is 049-227-9760. I used to use cell phone number for this business so that some clients had hesitated to call me. However, from now on, they do not have to :)

I am so so appreciated many clients call me these days. But, I feel so sorry for saying that the date and time which they wanted to make reservation have already reserved. Sometimes, I could not pick up the phone any reason when they called. I know that they have much hesitation before calling me. Making reservation for counseling is not easy since there is stereotype around that counseling is only for weak people. But, he finally did, and none answered or he could not make the reservation the date and time when he would be available.

My counseling room is just opened. And, I do not have much money to spend for this business yet. Therefore, so many things are inconvenient. For example, if I have a secretary, I will not miss your phone call. If I have another counselor working with me, I will be able to give various cares. In the future, I will make more convenient system, but now, please be patient :(

Now, I got new phone number and answering machine. Therefore, the clients can make phone call easier than they used to and I will not miss your call anymore. Please, do not hesitate to leave your message. I will return your call, promise! By the way, the phone line is "Hikari." Therefore, the phone charge is much less than regular phone line. :)

DreamWeaver

2006-09-27T04:28:00.000-04:00

DreamWeaver

Today, I updated my site a lot, because I am going to offer "Yahoo! Directory Registered Campaign." From next month till the end of Nov, all counseling prices will be 50 % off! If you are planning to get my counseling, you will not miss it!

Here is secret. This information is only for you who can understand my English. I will do another campaign, which will be called KNH Mental Health Clinic 2 year anniversary campaign, after this. Then, New Year campaign is going to be started. Therefore, if you miss this time, next a half year, the counseling price will be a half. Now, I can tell you, "You can miss it!" :)

Anyway, I changed several parts of my web page, but I had a lot of trouble. Things that I wanted my Dream Weaver to do did not work. For example, if I tried to make words red and bold, the words have shown small and black. How this could happen! I have made a lot of webpage and have experience to use several different soft wears, but I have never seen this kind of strange. I had stayed with my computer almost all day to fix this problem. I finally could! But, if you know why this happened, let me know. I almost pulled my hair!

Tokyo Tour

2006-09-23T08:18:00.000-04:00

Tokyo

Yesterday, I went to Tokyo tour with my American friend and her son. I have never gone to Tokyo tour in my life. It is simply, because I have visited Tokyo so many times. Therefore, I thought that I already know pretty much everything about the city. However, I was wrong. So many places I have never been, and so many histories in Tokyo, I have never heard.

The son plays Karate and he wants to see Japanese style, so I took them to Kyokushin Kaikan in Shinjuku after the tour end. People in dojo were extremely nice. They were helpful and taught him their style with much detail. He did not only watch, but they allowed him to participate their practice. He and his mom were so excited.

Thank you everybody whom we met yesterday. I could only show them good part of Japan. They said they love Japan and want to come back soon!

Yahoo! Final

2006-09-20T11:38:00.000-04:00

Today, I got letter from Yahoo!. It said that my site will be in their category! I am so glad that I did not waste my time and money. Within next 2 days, you will find my site in Yahoo! Japan category. I am not sure which one and what description of my site they wrote. If you have time, please type my web site address http://www.knhclinic.com in their search engine. You will see it.

Moment of Truth

2006-09-18T11:36:00.000-04:00

Tomorroy, I will finally try to register my site to Yahoo! In the previous blog, I told how expensive it is, but one more time, the cost will be over 50000 yen!! These days, I have fixed a lot of parts of my site to pass their evaluation. Now, I hope it is better looking, and I feel it is ready. Moment of truth. Please, take it, Yahoo! I cannot get good sleep next couple of days until I hear a good news.

Good news from U.S

2006-09-16T08:27:00.000-04:00

My previous co-worker is going to visit in Japan with her son. I am so excited about it. I have millions of questions to ask her what is going on with our school and students. Of course, I will not keep her only for answering my damn questions. I will try hard for them to have a good experience. Where should I take them? But, the problems is, can I still speak English?

All day

2006-09-12T13:17:00.000-04:00

All day long, I sit down in fron of computer for working on updating homepage and doing on-line counseling. When will I be released from this? I would like to do counseling in my counseling room...

Site renewal!

2006-09-11T05:55:00.000-04:00

I have been renewing my website, because I am planning to register for Yahoo! I know it will be hard and expensive (it will cost me 52000 yen since my web site is designed for business purpose.), but hopefully, if my website passes their evaluation, it will be a big benefit for me and my career.

In next couple of days, you will see a lot of difference in my web site. These are just minor thing, but after everything done, my site looks more business like.

School Counselor

2006-09-08T22:15:00.000-04:00

I have been looking for a school counselor position. I do not mind where. Since this is my profession area, I would like to become it again. I applied several. These are far from my home town. Therefore, if I get the position, my counseling room will be moved. By the way, I do not want to advertise which province has school counselor vacancy. If I tell you, the position will be competitive. :)

Parcels

2006-09-07T03:04:00.000-04:00

I have been getting back my parcels that I sent them from the U.S. The first one came long time ago. After that, others had not come back yet until yesterday. Therefore, I thought that my parcels were missing. For now, it is just one more to go. Before, I got them back, my mind had still been in the U.S. I felt that I would go back there soon. Each time, when I get them back, my mind can realize the reality. By the way, there is no space, I can put these stuff in my room...

Certification

2006-09-04T11:53:00.000-04:00

I am thinking to get a Japanese counselor certification or license. There are so many certificates out there. I am so confused which one I should get, and all the certificates are so expensive to get. The cheapest one is still about 60000 yen! In the U.S, if you have LPC, you can use it almost anywhere. But, the rule does not apply in Japan. Well… the clinical psychologist is probably the one, but I do not have right to take the test to get it (Because, so many strange rules are going on). For now, I am thinking to be a member of an organization. However, there are still so many organizations out there...

Company

2006-09-02T12:29:00.000-04:00

I updated my webpage a lot these days, because I added several services and found new SEO techniques. I have to think so many things since I run my own counseling company (?). Advertisement, SEO, Fee, and etc... When do I have time to study for improving my counseling skill? Probably, next couple of weeks, I do not have time to do something extra other than counseling and business.

Counselor Net Work

2006-08-31T12:11:00.000-04:00

I would like to make a counselor net work. If you have

- Master's in Counseling, Psychology (Clinical), or related field
- More than 1 year counseling experience

Benefit of the net work is

- I will introduce you to my clients if they live near you.
- Your website address will be linked on my top page (which has more than 50 accesses per day. In MSN search, my website will be hit on 10th (First page) by key word, "Counseling" (in Japanese))

If you meet these criteria and have interested in it, please e-mail me at admin@knhclinic.com

Study or Job

2006-08-29T11:52:00.000-04:00

I have been busy. Today, all day long, I sit down in front of computer. I did not work only couple of days, but these days kills me now... My webpage got more accesses than before. I got my own counseling room, and I am thinking to run group counseling soon. I do not have time for studying. These days, I am thinking why I should go back to the U.S if my job becomes stable. Now, I do what I want and will want to do. If I go back, I may do everything all over again. Is it smart idea? However, I still want to get a ph.D. Therefore, I try to make time for studying everyday. But...

For a while

2006-08-28T10:42:00.000-04:00

I was busy these couple of days, so I could not update my homepage. Today, I found that my homepage is hit on the tenth in MSN search by word of "counseling." What has happened while I am out?

Today, I went to Nihonbashi to see a rental office. The office was very nice and cheap, so I have decided to use it for my counseling office. The rental office building also has group meeting room. Now, I will be able to run group counseling!

In addition to the things that I did in this week, I advertised my website to a company, met my old friends, played soccer and so on. So many enjoyable things I did! I refreshed my mind. Now, I have a good motivation for this week!

(But, I could not get English teaching job...(I took the interview the other day.))

Free Counseling

2006-08-24T12:23:00.000-04:00

You believe or not. In Japan, many counselors are counseling for free, and companies and clients expect counselors to do counseling for free too. If people are looking for free, why would they not ask old neighbors to do counseling. I cannot do counseling for free, because I want to keep myself as a professional. If I do, I will not be able to motivate myself and give up taking care of clients. I may misdirect my clients and give responsibility away. (On my website, I offer free counseling, but only for a client who takes my counseling frist time.)

Rental Office

2006-08-23T03:16:00.000-04:00

Next week, I might officially announce on my web page, but I will have my own counseling room! Of course, I will not buy the room, but I will rent it. There are several rental offices in Tokyo area, and they have a very good deal. I will only rent it once or twice a month and if I have more than 2 clients on the same day. This is not final decision. I should go and see the room before announce it, because I still worry about their policy and noise. If they do not allow me to do counseling using the office and/or others can hear our conversation easily, I will not go for it. I will check it out on Sunday or Monday. I have been exciting so much! If I have my own room, I will not only be able to do individual counseling, but I will also be able to do group counseling and so on.

Speaking

2006-08-21T11:26:00.000-04:00

Today, I had to call to the U.S for billing problem. The conversation was very short with customer service, and the problem was not big. During the conversation, I found that I lost my English accent a lot. My English becomes Japanese tongue. Words were still coming through my mouth fluently, but I know this will not be a long too. I should find English speaking job as soon as possible!

Media Image

2006-08-20T12:26:00.000-04:00

I went to an event to see a famous Japanese professional wrestler, Masahiro Chouno. When he showed up, I thought that he was smaller and shorter than what I expected. He was a very polite man too. On TV, he seemed a big, tough, and unruly guy. Now, I feel that we cannot trust media a lot. They always make image and give us information that they want us to have. I took several his pictures by my cell phone camera, but it does not have code to hook up with my computer. I wish I could show you his picture in this blog. Sorry!

Like each other, love each other

2006-08-18T10:46:00.000-04:00

The other day, I got an e-mail from my elementary school co-worker. She often tells me what has happened in the school since I came back to Japan. I had appreciated her job until the last e-mail. According to her most recent mail, some teachers have talked about me. I e-mailed to the school the other day to say, "Hello!" She said that I should better not do that anymore, because they do not take my mail as a positive. Otherwise, I just give them resource of their gossip and entertain them. I told her that she should not tell me that! If I do not know this kind of information, I only can keep good memory, but since I know it, I will hesitate to e-mail them from next time. She does not like the school, so I know that she just tries to get more people in her side. However, she should know that I am not the staff of the school anymore, and I just want to have a good memory of the school and relationship with the staff. I do not want to play her game.

Strong

2006-08-17T12:33:00.000-04:00

Who is strong person?

If you beat anyone up, will you call yourself strong?

If you carry heavy stuff that no one can do, will you call yourself strong?

If you can do things that no one can do, will you call yourself strong?

I think that strong person accepts himself and is comfortable being own.

Strong person never gives up and always challenges.

Strong person contributes anything what he has.

Strong person cares himself as well as others.

Strong person cries, laughs and mad.

Strong person does anything what he wants to do.

But, the problem is

The society does not allow strong person to exist.

Cheer Up!

2006-08-16T13:04:00.000-04:00

Your child can do.

Your child knows how to do.

Your child makes you happy.

But, you should know how to treat your child before expecting him.

Adults make child bad, not child make himself bad.

Please, trust your child.

Because, he is your child.

Own Counseling Room

2006-08-15T12:30:00.000-04:00

These days, I have been willing to have own counseling room. If I have it, I will be able to do individual and group counseling. My most interest is group counseling. The group dynamic makes counseling effectiveness greater. One day, I circulated all the cost... I found that it is still dream...

Publication

2006-08-12T05:48:00.000-04:00

As I mentioned in the previous blog, I have registered the company's waiting list as a juku teacher. The other day, the company emailed me that they want to introduce my activities as the teacher and the counselor. This is very honorable. Therefore, I said, "Please!"

I already emailed my answers for their interview questions with several pictures. I will announce in this blog and my website when it comes up. Since next week is bon-yasumi (holidays), it will be publicized a week after next.