We are a network of medical and mental health professionals with education to better serve the people of Japan and the world. Or founders have been president of IMHPJ Andrew Parkinson and Dr. Furr, who bring their heritage of academic training, professional practices and organizational skills through their careers
Dr Tyson Furr
Our mission is to spread professional psychotherapy and psychiatric services within Japan and the world by using the American Psychological Association (APA) and New York State‘s Department of Education (NYSED) standards for training and delivery of mental health services.
A society of those that provide compassionate and scientific providers to the public, establish standards in Japan, and a home for providers and students to clinically grow in the profession.
Our Staff
Founder
Tyson Furr, Ph.D. is the director of Herald Square Psychology in New York City and Tokyo, Japan. Licensed in both California and New York State, Dr. Furr has been supervising Clinical psychologists and now specializes in providing services to professionals in private practice after working in the public sector.
In his education and practice in New York City, Dr. Furr has accumulated a unique skills set from different modalities and training. He has studied psychodynamic therapy from psychoanalytic professors (one of whom worked with and was the patient of Arron Beck, a founder of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) as well as having been trained in Interpersonal Therapy for Depression, C.B.T., Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD, Motivational Interviewing, Object Relations, Interpersoanal Psychoanalysis.
Doctor of Philosophy
Long Island University, 2005
David Castro-Blanco, Ph.D.
St. John’s University-1990
Raymond DiGiuseppe, Ph.D.
Hofstra University-1975
Howard Kassinove, Ph.D.
Adelphi University-1970
Gordon Derner, Ph.D. (1915-1983)
Columbia University-1950
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