Trauma counselling and EMDR for Tokyo
Dr Philippe Jacquet offers private, English-speaking trauma therapy and EMDR to people in Tokyo, online by secure video, drawing on more than twenty years of EMDR practice. EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) is one of the most effective evidence-based treatments for trauma and post-traumatic stress, and it works by helping the mind reprocess distressing memories so they lose their grip on the present.
When trauma follows you abroad
Trauma does not stay behind when you relocate. A difficult past, a bereavement, an accident, an assault, or the accumulated strain of a high-pressure life can surface far from home, often at the least convenient moment, and the isolation of expatriate life in Tokyo can make it harder to face alone and harder to find help for in your own language. Working online removes that barrier: the full EMDR protocol is delivered by secure video, in English, with the same depth as in the consulting room, and strict confidentiality.
Insurance and confidentiality
Dr Jacquet works with major private health insurers, including the international plans common among Tokyo’s expatriate professionals. Nothing is disclosed to any employer, firm or third party without your consent, save for the narrow legal and safeguarding limits explained at the outset.
Dr Philippe Jacquet is a UKCP registered psychotherapist, a Jungian analyst and an HCPC registered art psychotherapist, with twenty-five years of clinical practice. His Doctorate of Professional Practice at the University of Essex examined male eating disorders from the perspective of analytical psychology. Registration can be checked on either public register.
How the work is delivered from here
All international sessions are by secure video, in English or French. Online therapy is not a reduced version of consulting room work: it is the format that lets weekly work survive living abroad, travelling, or relocating. Sessions run in United Kingdom hours, which suits most regions, and if your time zone makes none of it workable, say so when you enquire rather than assuming it rules you out.
For clinicians and treatment services
Dr Jacquet supervises clinical teams in private residential addiction treatment and in a private psychiatric hospital. For treatment centres, psychiatric units and group practices looking for external clinical supervision, including in places where no supervisor of this seniority is available locally, team supervision is also delivered by video. For individual practitioners, see clinical supervision.
Common questions
Is EMDR available online in Tokyo?
Yes. EMDR is delivered effectively online by secure video, in English, following the same protocol as in-person work, with sessions scheduled around the time difference.
Do you work with international health insurance?
Yes. Outside the UK these are global private health plans, such as Bupa Global, Cigna Global and AXA Global Healthcare, and they work by reimbursement rather than direct billing: you pay for the session and Dr Jacquet provides a fully itemised invoice, carrying the registration details insurers ask for, which you submit to your plan. Cover varies by policy, so it is worth confirming your own outpatient mental health benefit before starting. The international private health plans common in Tokyo often cover this kind of specialist care.