Learning from the therapeutic community experience in the UK and Japan: Group Culture and Japanese mentality

Abstract

I am very honored and pleased to be asked as one of a keynote speaker in the 21st IAGP International Congress, titled Groups for the World, Strength, Inspiration, and Transformation What I would like to talk about today is (1) personal experiences working into therapeutic communities in the U.K. (2) Trying to establish therapeutic communities in two Japanese mental hospitals, problems and difficulties encountered in practicing therapeutic communities’ concept, (3) How it relates to Japanese group culture and mentality, and I’d like to add (4) Influence of the Covid-19 experience, and online group.