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A clinical psychologist who can speak to Japanese mental health from inside it, and to cross-cultural psychology from thirty-five countries of practice. Fast to respond, comfortable live, and used to explaining clinical ideas without jargon — in English or Japanese.
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Formats
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Podcasts
Long-form conversation, remote or in person. Comfortable with unscripted formats.
Television & radio
Studio or remote, live or pre-recorded, in English or Japanese.
Print & magazines
Interviews, expert quotes and commissioned opinion pieces.
Newspapers
Rapid expert comment on breaking mental health stories, with deadline discipline.
Documentary
On-camera expert contribution and background consultation for production teams.
Panels & live events
Moderated discussion, conference panels and public events.
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Sumire Sato is a clinical psychologist specialising in cross-cultural mental health, with over 3,000 sessions supporting expatriates, immigrants and refugees.
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Sumire Sato is a clinical psychologist trained in Japan and practising internationally online. Specialising in cross-cultural mental health, she has delivered more than 3,000 sessions to expatriates, immigrants and refugees across five continents. She is the founder of a Japanese youth mental health NGO, now in its eighth year, and speaks internationally on cultural grief and psychological safety.
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Sumire Sato is a clinical psychologist specialising in cross-cultural mental health. Trained inside Japan's clinical psychology system, she has spent a decade practising internationally online, delivering over 3,000 sessions to expatriates, immigrants, refugees and people living between cultures, through global providers including OpenUp, Intellect, MindFi, Spring Health and Expathy.
She is the founder and representative of a Japanese NGO supporting marginalised young people, now in its eighth year, and has worked, trained or collaborated in more than 35 countries across refugee support, immigrant services, addiction services, youth work and community mental health. She once ran for local office in Japan, losing by five votes, on a platform of representing the young people, women and marginalised communities absent from Japanese political decision-making.
She speaks and writes internationally on cultural grief, identity, and psychological safety.
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Her work has appeared across Japanese television, radio, newspapers and magazines over the past decade.
- Television — interviews and features on youth mental health and community support
- Radio — guest appearances on social welfare and youth wellbeing programmes
- Newspapers — coverage of the NGO's work with marginalised young people
- Magazines — long-form interviews on clinical practice and social change
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