Dr. Naoko Harada was born in Japan. She earned a Ph.D. in Psychiatry from Tokyo Medical & Dental University in Tokyo and a B. A. in Psychology from Nanzan University in Nagoya, Japan.

Her professional knowledge of mentalhealth is extensive. She has been involved in the study of the relationship between the body and the mind in both the academic and clinical fields. For over 20 years Dr. Harada has studied psychology, psychiatry, and neurophysiology at Tokyo Jikei Medical University and Tokyo Medical & Dental University while working in the psychiatry department at Shonan General Hospital in Kanagawa, Japan. She also worked for seven years with the School Board in Aichi, Japan, counseling maladjusted children and their parents and holding workshops for the schoolteachers as well the general public.

Dr. Harada started the study and practice of integrative medicine, a new concept of psychotherapy for well-being based on psychology and neurophysiology in the U.S. and Canada since 1997. She received a certification of BodyTalk Practitioner and One Brain Practitioner. Integrative Medicine & Holistic Work aims to unite Western and Oriental medicine into one. Dr. Harada believes that the concepts are essential keys for human wellness in 21 century.

• BC Registered Clinical Counselor
• BodyTalk International Certified Practitioner
• One Brain Facilitator
• Associate Member, British Columbia Psychology Association, Canada
• Member, Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine in New York, U.S.A.
• Committee member, Association of Japanese Integrative Medicine
• Member, Japanese Association for Alternative, Complementary and Traditional Medicine
• Member, Neuropsychiatry Association of Japan
• Committee member, Child Abuse Prevention Network Aichi, Japan.

• Animal Talk Practitioner