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What It Means to Suffer from Mental Health Issues
2024.11.14
Hello, this is Tatsuya Arakawa, a licensed mental health therapist (LMFT). As AI therapy and so many other platforms to see a therapist have become more prevalent, it seems clear to me that so many people are misunderstanding what it means to suffer from mental health and what it means to receive treatment for mental […]
Why Therapy is NOT working–because of a therapist
2024.10.25
Hello, this is Tatsuya Arakawa, a licensed mental health therapist (LMFT). On this blog, I would like to discuss why therapy is NOT working because of a therapist. Perhaps, you have been seeing a therapist with satisfying outcome or maybe you are not really happy with your current therapist. Either way, knowing how therapy should […]
What You Can Do to Pursue Balanced Cultural Identity
2024.09.13
Hello, this is Tatsuya Arakawa, a licensed mental health therapist (LMFT). On the previous blog, I discussed cultural identity and how it can affect your mental health wellbeing. This time, I would like to continue to discuss cultural identity especially how you could maintain/strengthen your cultural identity. By doing so, it can not only help […]
Cultural Identity and Mental Health
2024.08.21
Hello, this is Tatsuya Arakawa, a licensed mental health therapist (LMFT). Thank you so much for reading my blog. I would love to provide accurate information about mental health here. In this blog, I would like to talk about cultural identity and how it can affect mental health issues. First, what is cultural identity? I […]
The difference between therapist listening and friends/significant others listening
2024.06.12
Hello, thank you so much for reading this blog. Here, I would love to present correct information as there is so much misinformation out there especially on the internet. In this blog, I would like to clarify the difference between therapist listening to clients and friends/significant others listening as people get confused often. As discussed […]
2024.05.10
Hello, Thank you so much for visiting my blog. Here, my intention and hope are that you will educate yourself with the right information as there is so much information online that you should not trust, quite frankly. As the first blog, I would like to talk about what exactly is therapy. Often times when […]