Speaking & workshops
Invite me to speak.
Keynotes, practitioner training and in-house workshops for organisations, universities, NGOs and conferences — delivered in English or Japanese, online or in person, anywhere in the world.
Topics I'm booked for
What you can invite me to speak about.
Mental health & wellbeing
Cross-cultural
Women & young people
On stage
Clinical depth, told plainly.
I don't read slides at people. Sessions run on real case material, honest about what the research doesn't yet cover, and built so that practitioners leave with something they can use in Monday's caseload rather than a feeling of general inspiration.
Delivered in English or Japanese, online or in person, to audiences from twelve to twelve hundred.
Signature workshops
Five sessions I've built from the caseload up.
Each runs 60–120 minutes, with practitioner-facing versions for clinical audiences and organisational versions for teams and leadership.
The Invisible Load: recognising and treating cultural grief
Your client moved abroad five years ago. Successful, functional — and something is gone they cannot name. A framework for identifying cultural grief, distinguishing it from depression and adjustment disorder, and treating it as its own experience.
For: clinicians, EAP providers, global mobility teams
Beyond code-switching: what your client can't say in session
Your client is articulate in English. But English is not where their grief lives. On language choice, emotional access, and the load multilingual clients carry into the room.
For: therapists, counsellors, multilingual clinical teams
When the framework doesn't fit: adapting Western models
CBT, DBT and person-centred therapy carry cultural assumptions invisible until they collide with a client's reality. Not about discarding your training — about knowing where to adapt it in real time.
For: clinical training programmes, universities, supervision groups
The therapist between worlds: narrative work on cross-cultural identity
Your client carries two stories — who they were at home, and who they've become since. The core tools of Narrative Therapy through a cross-cultural lens, with examples from expat, immigrant and diaspora populations.
For: practitioners working with migrant and diaspora clients
Building a sustainable cross-border practice
Licensed in one country, practising online, seeing clients in another. Platforms, time zones, regulatory grey areas, and staying booked without burning out. Ten years and five global platforms, told honestly.
For: therapists building international practices, platform provider networks
Formats
How it's usually delivered.
Keynote
30–60 minutes for conferences and company-wide events, with Q&A.
Workshop
60–120 minutes, interactive, capped audience, with case material and practice.
Webinar series
Three to six sessions for distributed teams and provider networks.
Guest lecture
For universities and clinical training programmes, with reading list.
Selected engagements
Talks given so far.
A working record rather than a highlight reel — organisations have invited me for each of these, which is the clearest guide to what I can bring to yours.
Global webinars & corporate sessions
- The Invisible Load: Recognising and Treating Cultural Grief in Your International Clients
- Global Webinar — Sleep, Mental Health and Wellness
- Sleep, Health and Mental Wellness
- Combating Imposter Syndrome
- Addressing Complex Emotions at Work
- Building Confidence
- Building Bridges, Not Walls: Mastering the Art of Getting Along with Different Personalities
- Getting Ahead of Leadership Burnout
- Finding Moments of Joy
- Proactive Caring
- The Importance of Taking Time Off
Lectures in Japan
- Self-Acceptance: Building a Society Where People Can Live Happily as Their True Selves
- Overcoming Delinquency and Living Beyond Societal “Life Rails”
- Engaging with Youth in the Era of Diversity: Lessons from Community Spaces
- Insights from Creating Safe Spaces for Youth with Nowhere to Go
- The Importance of Community “Children's Cafés”
- Supporting Children Struggling in Their Local Communities
- What Children and Youth Really Want
- Supporting Adolescents: Respect, Acceptance, and Sometimes Equal Parent–Child Relationships
- Searching for and Creating “Places” for Youth Who Have No Safe Space
- Living with Yourself to Be Happy: Reflections on Human Rights and Well-being
- The Significance and Impact of Providing Teen Spaces in Temples
- Approaching Children: Understanding the Backgrounds Behind Their Challenges
- Supporting Those Facing Loneliness and Isolation
- Shaping Your Future: Being Your True Self
- Building Communities to Support Children
- Helping Teens Appreciate the Present
Next step
Tell me about your audience.
Send the date, the format and who will be in the room, and I'll come back with a proposal and a fee.