The 9th International Congress of Morita Therapy was held at the University of Exeter.
Summary
- Convener: Dr. David Richards, University of Exeter
- Venue: University of Exeter, United Kingdom
- Date: September 1 & 2, 2016
Keynote Speakers:
| Professor Kei Nakamura | Chair, Japanese Society for Morita Therapy. Director of the Jikei University Daisan Hospital, Japan. |
| Dr Kenji Kitanishi | Chair, International Committee for Morita Therapy. Director of the Institute of Morita Therapy and Kitanishi Clinic, Tokyo, Japan. |
| Professor Sara L. Warber | Professor of Family Medicine, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. Co-founder of the International Society for Complementary Medicine Research. |
| Professor Ken Stein | Deputy Director, PenCLAHRC (Peninsula Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care), University of Exeter Medical School, UK. |
Keynote Speaker Biographies and Abstracts
| Professor Kei Nakamura |
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| Dr Kei Nakamura, MD, is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry in the Jikei University Daisan Hospital and the director of this hospital. Dr Nakamura is also the director of the Jikei University Center for Morita Therapy which has an inpatient Morita therapy unit. He is the chair of the Japanese Society for Morita Therapy (JSMT). He graduated from the Jikei University School of Medicine in Tokyo with a doctoral degree in medicine. He is well known in Japan as a psychiatrist specialized in Morita therapy, psychopathology, and cross-cultural studies of anxiety disorders (especially social phobia) and depression treatment |
| Title: Practice of Morita Therapy. In this keynote, Dr Nakamura will outline the current practice of Morita Therapy mainly in Japan. Morita Therapy has been applied to various neurotic disorders such as OCD, social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and somatoform disorders. Moreover, the application of Morita Therapy has been largely expanded to chronic depression, social withdrawal, PTSD, psychosomatic diseases, the anxieties of the physically ill, and counselling in school or business. Morita Therapy has adopted inpatient treatment as a basic form, consisting of four phases of treatment. Recently, inpatient Morita Therapy is mainly provided at a limited number of medical universities and psychiatric hospitals, instead of the private institutes which used to provide it. On the other hand, we have observed a rapid increase in the number of private clinics which provide outpatients with Morita Therapy. In this situation, the Japanese Society for Morita Therapy developed the guideline for outpatient Morita therapy in 2009. It has also been translated into English, German, Russian and Chinese. The following five therapeutic components were identified as the basis for the guideline of outpatient Morita Therapy practice: (1) increasing patients’ awareness and acceptance of emotion as it is, (2) recognizing and mobilizing the desire for life in patients, (3) clarifying the vicious cycle, (4) offering behavioural instructions, and (5) facilitating patients’ evaluation of their behavioural patterns and lifestyles. In addition, he will explain the commonalities and differences between Morita Therapy and CBT. |
| Dr Kenji Kitanishi |
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| Dr Kenji Kitanishi (MD, psychiatrist, PhD) is the Chair of the International Committee for Morita Therapy (/CMT) and the Director of the Institute of Morita Therapy and Kitanishi Clinic (Tokyo, Japan), where he currently practises outpatient Morita Therapy and investigates theoretical and clinical themes and issues related to Morita Therapy. He is the past president (2005-2011) of the Japanese Society for Morita Therapy (JSMT). He served as the Director (1975-1995) of Jikei University School of Medicine’s Institute of Morita Therapy at Daisan Hospital, which is now called Jikei University Centre for Morita Therapy. He continues to take a leading role in the professional training of Morita therapists. |
| Title: Basic concepts of Morita Therapy related to Eastern views of nature. Psychotherapies have developed closely associated with cultures. The 20th century was the era during which Western intellect, or scientific thought, was by far the predominant influence in the world. Under the influence of such scientific thought, psychoanalysis, behavior therapy, and cognitive therapy were developed, from which various psychotherapies have been derived. These can be regarded as control models with which ego enhancement is aimed at by controlling symptoms or conflicts. Morita Therapy is a psychotherapy which lies at the other end of the spectrum. The therapeutic mechanism of this psychotherapy is based on the oriental understanding of human beings, which include naturalism or one embodiment theory for mind, body and nature, consideration of human ego and language as definite, and relational theory (a Buddhist idea that every phenomenon arises in mutual relationships). In his presentation, Dr Kitanishi would like to first 1) clarify the characteristics of Morita Therapy related to Eastern views of nature, 2) to discuss the characteristics of self and acceptance/behavior change. As for self, contrary to mind-body dualism, nature lies at the bottom of all of us, on which body exists, on which mind exists. These are mutually related and inseparable to one another, while being open to one another. In Morita Therapy, mind (consciousness) understood only to a limited extent in relation with nature and body (unconsciousness). It therefore strongly questions the omnipotent interpretation of thought mediated by language, which the other psychotherapies sometimes present. Morita therapy aims to be in touch with body and nature in different approaches. The above is what “following nature” means. It is the understanding that fears (inner nature) have to be accepted as nothing but fears, and desires (also inner nature) cannot be given up. By awakening to the fact that there are things that are out of our control, one realizes the presence of desire for life that Self possesses, and its exertion becomes a possibility. This is what we call the state of “Arugamama (bring as-is)” being comprised of the tension between the two poles of desire and fear, which is highly dynamic. |
Program
Wednesday 31st August Pre-Congress Workshop
| Time | Title |
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| 11.30-12.00 | Registration At entrance to Henderson Lecture Theatre |
| 12.00-13.00
Chair: David Richards |
Approaches to Outpatient Morita Therapy Henderson Lecture Theatre Morita Therapy was developed 100 years ago in Japan within inpatient treatment milieu. Morita Therapy is now being used in outpatient settings worldwide. This workshop will compare and contrast international efforts to develop and test feasible and effective outpatient models for Morita Therapy. Opening Plenary and Discussion Professor Ishu lshiyama Professor Brian Ogawa Professor David Richards and Holly Sugg |
| 13.00-13.45 | Buffet Lunch Atrium Café |
| 13.45-16.45 | Series of skills workshops, each lasting 50 minutes – attendees to attend all three. See allocation list on the day. Professor lshu lshiyama—Team 1 Conference Room 2 Professor Brian Ogawa—Team 2 Seminar Room A Professor David Richards/Pete Mason/Jo Mackenzie—Team 3 Seminar Room B |
| 13.45-14.35 | Workshop session 1 |
| 14.45-15.35 | Workshop session 2 |
| 15.35-15.55 | Refreshments Atrium Café |
| 15.55-16.45 | Workshop session 3 |
| 16.45-17.00 | Wrap up/Closing words Henderson Lecture Theatre |
Thursday 1st September
| Time | Title |
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| 06.30-07.15 | Experiential session: Morning walk Meet in Holland Hall lobby Led by Melissa Marselle Join us on a 45-minute morning walk along the beautiful paths surrounding the Streatham Campus. Learn how nature walks are good for mental health and wellbeing. |
| 08.30-09.30 | Registration At entrance to Henderson Lecture Theatre |
| 09.30-10.00 | Henderson Lecture Theatre Opening Ceremony Professor Janice Kay Provost and Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Exeter Professor David Richards Professor Kei Nakamura |
| 10.00-10.45 Chair: David Richards |
Henderson Lecture Theatre Keynote 1: Practice of Morita Therapy Professor Kei Nakamura |
| 10.45-11.15 | Refreshments Atrium Café Posters Seminar Room B |
| 11.15-1145 Chairs: lshu Ishiyama HLT Peter Mason |
Henderson Lecture Theatre Parallel session A: Approaches to outpatient Morita Therapy 1. Perceived compatibility of Moritian principles among trainees in Morita therapy workshops in Canada. Ayumi Sasaki 2. Using Morita methods as an alternative to Brief Solution Focused counselling. Donald Crowder 3. Appropriate rest and behavioral intervention in the convalescent stage of depression. Hidehito Niimura 4. The emergence of J-Mindfulness – A new strategy of Morita therapy. Hideyo Yamada Conference Room 2 |
| 12.45 – 13.45 | Buffet Lunch Atrium Café Posters Seminar Room B |
| 13.45 – 14.30 Chair: David Richards |
Henderson Lecture Theatre Keynote 2: Evidence-why bother? Professor Ken Stein |
| 14.30 – 15.00 | Refreshments Atrium Café Posters Seminar Room B |
| 15.00 – 17.00 Chairs: Kei Nakamura HLT Kenji Kitanishi |
Henderson Lecture Theatre Parallel session C: Approaches to outpatient Morita. Therapy 9. What should the Morita therapist keep in mind in the process of outpatient treatment with Morita therapy? Junichiro Hinoguchi 10. Act, Be, Change & Do: Art psychotherapy and Morita in assertive outreach and outpatient settings. Karen Huckvale 11. The importance of inquiring into negative feeling in out-patient Morita Therapy. Kazuyuki Hashimoto 12. Making use of a Shinkeishitsu-personality. Kumiko lwaki/Yuko Imamura Conference Room 2 |
| 17.00 – 18.00 | Free time |
| 18.00 | Bar opens Reed Hall |
| 18.30 – 19.00 | Demonstration of Morris Dancing Outside Reed Hall A local group, Exeter Morris Men, will perform. |
| 19.00 – 19.30 and 20.30 – 21.00 |
The Exmouth Shanty Men Reed Hall The group will entertain us with the singing of traditional Sea Shanties. |
| 19.30 – 21.30 | Gala Dinner Reed Hall |
Friday 2nd September
| Time | Title |
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| 06.30 – 07.15 | Experiential session: Morning walk Led by Melissa Marselle Meet in Holland Hall lobby Join us on a 45-minute morning walk along the beautiful paths surrounding the Streatham Campus. Learn how nature walks are good for mental health and wellbeing. |
| 09.00 – 09.45 Chair: Kei Nakamura |
Henderson Lecture Theatre Keynote 3: Basic concepts of Morita Therapy related to Eastern views of nature Dr Kenji Kitanishi |
| 09.45 – 10.00 | Henderson Lecture Theatre Moments of change initiated by connections with nature Paul Dieppe, Sara L. Warber, Emmylou Rahtz |
| 10.00 – 10.45 Chairs: Holly Sugg HLT Ruth Garside |
Henderson Lecture Theatre Parallel session E: Approaches to outpatient Morita Therapy 17. Development of the ‘Brilliant Cut’ Diamond Model of outpatient Morita Therapy treatment protocol. Masahiro Minami 18. Making Morita Therapy familiar for use in clinics and everyday life: An attempt to create “Mild Morita” based on clinical practice. Mihoko Kobayashi Conference Room 2 |
| 10.45 – 11.15 | Refreshments Atrium Café Posters Seminar Room B |
| 11.15 – 12.45 Chairs: Ishu Ishiyama and David Richards HLT Brian Ogawa |
Henderson Lecture Theatre Parallel session G: Evidence based medicine and Morita Therapy This session is presented in collaboration with the International Committee for Morita Therapy (a section of the Japanese Society for Morita Therapy) 21. A systematic review of the Japanese Journal of Morita Therapy Part 1: April, 1990 -October, 1999. Masahiro Minami 22. Investigating Morita Therapy for a UK population: a feasibility and pilot study. Holly Sugg 23. Outcome research on traditional Morita Therapy and the notation of therapeutic recovery in Morita Therapy. Toshihide Kuroki 24. Efficacy studies on Morita Therapy in Japan and its future tasks. Mikiko Kubota Conference Room 2 |
| 12.45 – 13.45 | Buffet Lunch Atrium Café Posters Seminar Room B |
| 13.45 – 14.30 Chair: Ruth Garside |
Henderson Lecture Theatre Keynote 4: Nature-deficit disorder and nature prescriptions: their role in healthcare Professor Sara L. Warber |
| 14.30 – 15.00 | Refreshments Atrium Café Posters Seminar Room B |
| 15.00-16.30 Chairs: Kei Nakamura HLT Natalia Semenova |
Henderson Lecture Theatre Parallel session J: Evidence based medicine and Morita Therapy 29. Expansion and nature of Morita Therapy— dealing with obsession and emotion. Masayuki Tsugeno 30. Study of pathophysiological mechanisms of the nervous TORAWARE. Jiangbo Li 31. Similarities between the theories of Morita Therapy and the Relational Frame Theory (RFT) of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Noriaki Azuma 32. Factors of ineffectiveness and drop-out of inpatient Morita Therapy for patients with OCD. Ayumu Tateno Conference Room 2 |
| 16.30-17.00 | Henderson Lecture Theatre Closing ceremony Professor David Richards |