Member care

Organizations

Barnabas International

From the website: “The goal of Barnabas International is to equip, edify, encourage, and enrich God’s servants so that they are refreshed in their souls and renewed in their service.” The website has a variety of free practical articles and resources for pastoral care for global workers put together by experienced workers at Barnabas International.

Cornerstone Counseling

From the website: “Cornerstone Counseling Foundation primarily serves Christian workers throughout Asia and the people of Thailand. We provide confidential and professional counseling, consultation, and training from a Christian perspective for individuals, marriages, families, teams, and organizations’ needs.”

Counseling Office Ochanomizu

From the website:

Services we offer:

◆Psychotherapy (including couple and family issues, developmental adjustment, relationship difficulties, stress, and other concerns)

◆Pastoral counseling (Christian faith-based counseling)

◆Consultation in mental health and pastoral counseling related issues for pastors

◆Supervision for mental health professionals

Counseling, supervision and consulting is available in English.

Global Member Care Network

A Facebook group whose goal is to connect workers with resources, updates, links and people working in the realm of member care around the world.

Heartstream Resources

A ministry developed by former Wycliffe Bible Translators missionaries offering holistic care for global workers. The Heartstream ministry includes training, retreats, intensive care, and missionary counseling and debriefing. In Pennsylvania, USA.

Missionary Care

The ministry and website of counselor and former teacher at Asbury College in Kentucky, USA, Ron Koteskey. Dr. Koteskey and his wife, Bonnie, offer on-field help to independent missionaries, to missionaries whose agencies have no one designated for missionary care, and to missionaries who would prefer talking with someone outside their agencies. The website offers many resources for free download, including resources for third-culture kids and missionary re-entry.

The Well International

The Well International is a counselling, coaching, spiritual direction and training centre based in three major centers in Asia: Chiang Mai and Bangkok, Thailand, and now also in Nagoya, Japan. It has a team of professionals from all over the world and they are committed to supporting Christian cross-cultural workers in Asia to thrive where they are called. For more than 20 years, The Well has been committed to providing the highest standard of care to global workers struggling with everything from marriage difficulties and depression to career conflict and transition stress. The Well also specializes in training Christian workers to care well for those they serve through our many professional workshops and courses.

Christian Counselors

Joyce Inouye, MA Ed.

Learning disabilities specialist with 40+ years of experience.

Fumie Kamitoh

Japanese certified clinical psychologist; English and Japanese
Healing-oriented and evidence-based adult individual counseling/couple counseling
fkamitoh ‘at’ mac.com

Nobue Kunito, MA, NCC (US national certified counselor)

Skype counseling available in English and Japanese.
nobue.kunito ‘at’ gmail.com

Eileen Nielsen, MA in counseling

Skype counseling available in English and Japanese
eileenpnielsen ‘at’ gmail.com

Rev. Alan and Judy Steier, Barnabas International

Pastoral care to global workers; Personal care conversations; Workshops, seminars, retreats related to pastoral care
asteier ‘at’ barnabas.org; jsteier ‘at’ barnabas.org

Takako Watanabe, Ed. S, LPC;

Online counseling; Information and referral
t.watanabelpc ‘at’ gmail.com

Psychiatrists

Komagome Ezer Clinic (Tokyo)

Dr. Mariko Yoshiga

Expertise: Psychosomatic medicine, psychiatry

Notes:

Japanese only
Non-compliance conditions:
a) Under 18 years of age (“5 to 16 years and 11 months” can only take the “Intelligence Test (WISC-V)”)
b) Inability to follow the rules of treatment (not consenting to treatment, hurting oneself, harming others, yelling, acting out, etc.)
c) Requires specialized treatment (addiction, eating disorder, personality disorder, dementia, etc.)

Denentoshi Counseling Room (Yokohama)

CP. Asako Obuchi

Heiando Kokoro no Clinic (Funabashi)

Dr. Masaru Kuno