Ichitaro Miki(Certified Public Psychologist & Author of Developmental Trauma)

 

He has been engaged in counseling and clinical psychology for many years. He is also responsible for writing articles on this website.

Counselor’s Profile

 

Ichitaro Miki

Licensed Psychologist (Japan, Certified Public Psychologist)

Osaka University, B.A. in Humanities (Western History), Faculty of Letters. M.A. in Cultural Studies (Specialization in Cultural Morphology), Graduate School of Letters, Osaka University.

 

Based on clinical practice and prior research, he works to articulate the structure of psychological problems and the implicit systems of society, while developing and providing better forms of care.

He began practicing counseling while still an undergraduate student. After completing graduate school, he worked at NEC Corporation; a major electronics manufacturer. He then joined the Institute of Applied Social Psychology and the Osaka Center for Psychological Education before founding the Brief Therapy Counseling Center (B.C.C.). He specializes in counseling for trauma, attachment disorders, harassment, and stuttering. Drawing on approaches ranging from traditional Rogerian counseling to bodywork and brief therapy, he has accumulated over 20 years of clinical experience.

He has published books on developmental trauma, which have been well received and have sold a total of 40,000 copies. "Developmental Trauma" has been highly praised by experts in Japan, with one doctor who read it describing it as "a textbook on understanding trauma." They have also been translated into Chinese traditional characters and Korean. He has been frequently featured in magazines and on television, and has also served as a consultant and medical supervisor for TV drama productions. 

Not only as a therapist but also as someone with lived experience, he has personally faced a variety of symptoms and difficulties. From junior high through university, he struggled with stuttering—still considered of unknown cause—and overcame it over five years. Later, during university and his early career, he confronted dissociative symptoms and social anxiety stemming from trauma. His professional background at a major manufacturer and a think tank also gave him insight into workplace, interpersonal, and family issues. Drawing on both his own struggles and extensive knowledge, he supports clients with empathy and works together with them toward solutions.

 

 

■ Media Coverage & Publications

・Books (over 40,000 copies sold in total) 

Developmental Trauma: The Real Cause of "Ikizurasa" (Japanese term meaning “chronic distress” or “difficulty in living”) (Discover Twenty One, 2023)

How to Let Other People’s Words Pass Through (Working English title; also translatable as The Skill of Not Taking Words Personally) (Forest Publishing, 2022)

『나는 왜 네 말을 흘려듣지 못할까』 (Korean edition of "How to Let Other People’s Words Pass Through")

『別再因創傷而活得好累: 修復發展性創傷, 從把自己擺在第一位開始』 (Traditional Chinese edition of "Developmental Trauma: The Real Cause of "Ikizurasa"")

『刻意不在乎: 告別垃圾話情勒! 日本國家心理師教?如何透過大腦機制, 不在意閒言閒語, 不必虧待自己』 (Traditional Chinese edition of "How to Let Other People’s Words Pass Through")

Translation Rights

 

・Newspapers

Yukan Fuji, etc.

・Magazines

PHP Special, June 2024 issue (PHP Institute)

Weekly SPA! April 23/30, 2024 issue (Fusosha)

anan, No. 2338 (March 8, 2023) (Magazine House)

President, June 3, 2022 issue (President Inc.)

Monthly Soumu, June 2022 issue, etc.

・Television

TV Asahi, "Kasouken no Onna" (Sept 13, 2023) – medical supervision and production cooperation

TV Asahi Thursday Mystery, "Iryu Sousa" (Sept 8 & 15, 2022) – medical supervision and production cooperation

Fuji TV, "Nonstop!" (Apr 22, 2022) – guest appearance; book featured

TV Asahi ABEMA, "Abema Prime" (June 23, 2022) – guest appearance; book featured, etc.

・Radio & Podcasts

Amazon Exclusive "JAM THE WORLD - UP CLOSE" (narrated by Jun Hori), etc.

・Web Media

Toyo Keizai Online

President Online

Gendai Business

Yahoo! News

ITmedia Executive

bizSPA! Fresh

Sarajp

AERA.dot

Nikkan SPA!

PHP Online

Kyoto Kurasu

Mynavi Student Window

, etc.

・Lectures, Talks & Dialogues

"ITmedia Executive" study session (approx. 50 participants, managerial level or above in listed companies)

Kishiwada City Board of Education – training for approx. 80 vice principals and senior teachers

Seminars "Education for CEOs – Morning Live"

Schoo (live-streaming learning service)

Dialogue with artist Noritoshi Hirakawa (New York–based, TODAY IS THE DAY FOUNDATION)

, etc.

 

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