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      <image:title>Morita events - 1986 Dr. Takehisa Kora (Dr. Morita's Primary Successor), Mr. Yuzo Hasegawa (Seikatsu No Hakkenkai), and Dr. Ogawa, Kora Clinic, Tokyo</image:title>
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      <image:title>Morita events - 1986 Dr. Takehisa Kora (Dr. Morita's Primary Successor), Mr. Yuzo Hasegawa (Seikatsu No Hakkenkai), and Dr. Ogawa, Kora Clinic, Tokyo</image:title>
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      <image:title>Morita events - 2006 Morita Therapy Center, Jikei Medical University, Tokyo; Study Abroad with Dr. Ogawa</image:title>
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      <image:title>Morita events - 2006 Dr. and Mrs. Chihiro Fujita, Tokiwadai, Tokyo</image:title>
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      <image:title>Morita events - 1995 Waco Police Department Victim Services Staff Residential , Pond Building: Nurturing Life in Texas</image:title>
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      <image:title>Morita events - University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada: Dr. Ogawa's students with Dr. Kenji Kitanishi, Japanese Society of Morita Therapy</image:title>
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      <image:title>Morita events - Summer 2009 Intensive Residential Subterra, Kansas</image:title>
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      <image:title>Morita events - 2011 MyTime, Birmingham, England Study Abroad</image:title>
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      <image:title>Morita events - 2013 University of Puget Sound Seminar</image:title>
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      <image:title>Morita events - 2013 Morita Residential, Point Defiance, Tacoma, Washington</image:title>
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      <image:title>Morita events - Bonsai Appreciation in Seattle, Washington</image:title>
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      <image:title>Morita events - 2014 Morita Residential Intensive</image:title>
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      <image:title>Morita events - Awareness: Shark Teeth and Litter</image:title>
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      <image:title>Morita events - Nature Immersion: Searching for Shark Teeth in a Florida Stream</image:title>
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      <image:title>Morita events - Morita Methods in Counseling, Spring 2017 Washburn University</image:title>
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      <image:title>Morita events - University of Exeter, England: Dr. Ogawa's students, Medical School researchers, and Chinese psychiatrists</image:title>
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      <image:title>Morita events - University of Puget Sound, Summer 2013 American Institute of Morita Therapy Workshop</image:title>
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      <image:title>Morita events - 2016 International Congress of Morita Therapy at University of Exeter, England; Dr. Ogawa's students with Dr. Peg LeVine (center)</image:title>
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      <image:caption>Summer 2017 Morita Residential, Seattle-Tacoma, Washington:  Nature engagement</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Summer 2017 Morita Residential, Seattle-Tacoma, Washington, Mt. Rainier</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Morita Therapy Seminar, University of Puget Sound, May 2017</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Morita events - Summer 2017 Morita Therapy Residential: Kayaking in Gig Harbor, WA</image:title>
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      <image:caption>Routledge 2018</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The first English translation of a seminal work, this book presents the progressive nature of Morita therapy across four distinct stages: isolation rest stage, light work, labor-intensive work, and social integration. Essentially, the experiential knowledge the clients gain by moving through the inpatient treatment becomes the therapy. Morita therapy fosters akiraka ni mikiwameru-koto in the client (clear discernment), and a healthy mind/body. Throughout the book, Morita reflects on the theories of his contemporaries such as Sigmund Freud, William James, Mario Montessori, and Jean Charcot. Shoma Morita published the original Japanese version of this translation in 1928. This English translation was developed by Akihisa Kondo , a practitioner of classical Morita therapy, Zen, and psychoanalysis. Peg LeVine is the only English-speaking person outside Japan practicing the classical four-stage Morita treatment. https://www.amazon.com/Morita-Therapy-Anxiety-Based-Disorders-Shinkeishitsu/dp/0791437655?ref_=ast_author_dp</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Kanji for “Mori-ta” (Forest in the Rice Field)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dr. Shoma Morita: brilliant, compassionate, and playful professor, physician, and practitioner</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Trainers at the Morita Therapy Seminar at the University of Puget Sound, Spring 2015: ( L-R) Dr. Naoki Watanabe, Psychiatrist, Japan; Gretchen Casey, Trauma Responder, Florida; Dr. Nancy Slater, Art Therapist, Washington; Dr. Ogawa; and Dr. Peg LeVine, Psychologist, Australia</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>“The Power of Anxiety” Keynote Address at the 2019 Staff Development Day at the Topeka &amp; Shawnee County Public Library</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dr. Ogawa speaking at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, International Congress of Morita Therapy, 2007. L-R Dr. Richard Spates, Western Michigan University; Dr. Natalia Semenova, Moscow State University, Russia; and Dr. Peg LeVine, Monash University, Australia.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Morita Intensive Residential, Kansas</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dr. Ogawa’s Washburn University Fall 2002 class on “Eastern Therapies in Intervention and Treatment,” a required semester course of the higher education-accredited Morita Therapy Certificate Program</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>San Francisco Theological Seminary (“Princeton of the West,” the oldest seminary west of the Mississippi): Dr. Ogawa’s doctoral studies 1975-1980 with his dissertation on Morita Therapy (SFTS photo)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The White House Oval Office: President Bill Clinton presenting Dr. Ogawa the 1995 National Crime Victims Service Award (Photo by White House Photographer)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Shimantogawa, Kochi, Shikoku (Global Waters photo): Japan’s cleanest and clearest river, and perhaps the inspiration for Dr. Morita’s favorite symbol of life as a freely flowing river. Coincidentally, the English translation of Ogawa is “little river.”</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-02-16</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Roseli Sandra West, MSW Counselor, Tampa, Florida Former Counselor, Center for Safety and Empowerment, YWCA. Topeka, Kansas Roseli is a licensed clinical social worker, receiving her MSW in Social Work and BAS in Human Services from Washburn University. While there, she completed the Morita Therapy Certificate Program under Dr. Ogawa, and also studied Morita Therapy abroad at conferences in England and Australia. Roseli is bilingual. Her services are invaluable to all clients, and particularly the Spanish-speaking.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Roseli (second from left top) with Dr. Ogawa and some of his Morita certificate students at the International Congress of Morita Therapy in Melbourne, Australia, 2010</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Don Crowder, MSW, LCSW, LCAC Team Leader Psychosocial Rehabilitation Group, Regional Children’s Community Mental Health Center, Topeka, Kansas Don has presented clinical papers and a poster session at the International Congress of Morita Therapy at the University of Exeter. He completed the Morita Therapy Certificate Program under Dr. Ogawa, and has been for many years in private practice, served overseas in Okinawa and Germany for the USDOD in youth and family counseling, and was a university instructor in an addictions counseling masters degree program.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Don leading a creative activity in Exeter, England at a Morita Therapy Residential conducted by Dr. Peg LeVine (left rear) and Dr. Ogawa</image:caption>
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      <image:title>TESTIMONIALS - Cesario Garcia, MSW</image:title>
      <image:caption>Cesario Garcia, MSW Child Mental Health Therapist Cowlitz Tribal Health, Seattle, Washington Cesario completed the Morita Therapy Certificate Program and Victim/Survivor Services Certificate under Dr. Ogawa. He received his BSW and MSW from Washburn University and has worked as a child and youth therapist for a number of years. Cesario’s current work highlights the link between Morita Therapy, Nature-based therapies, and Indigenous healing traditions. He is also an advance student of the Niche Psychotherapy/Classic Morita Therapy Center directed by Dr. Peg LeVine of Australia.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Cesario helping to prepare dinner along with other trainees during Dr. Ogawa’s Morita Intensive Residential in Tacoma, Washington, Summer 2017</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Saori Miyazaki, MA, LMFT Private Practitioner San Francisco, California Saori Miyazaki is a licensed marriage and family therapist, providing both Morita and Naikan therapies as well as Western methods to people with anxiety and depression issues at her private practice in San Francisco, CA. She also enjoys giving presentations on mindfulness related to Morita and Naikan to high school and college students. Most recently Saori has lectured at Stanford University regarding Morita Therapy. She is originally from Tokyo, Japan. www.ReflectwithMe.com</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Saori presenting on Morita concepts at Stanford University’s 2019 “Mindfulness Summer Program” for Japanese High School students, Palo Alto, California</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Theresa Benson, PhD Licensed Psychologist Santa Fe, New Mexico Dr. Benson has been studying Morita Therapy with Dr. Ogawa since 2000, attending workshops and participating in intensive residentials and study abroad in Japan and Australia. She has taught introductory Morita Therapy credit courses at the University of Illinois and is a consultant for the International Committee of Morita Therapy. Dr. Benson is a licensed clinical psychologist and past director of a sexual assault program. Her doctorate is from the University of Akron with a dissertation on men who inflict violence on their partners, and her Masters in Holistic Health is from JFK University. Dr. Benson is a multimedia artist, combining artwork with poetry/narrative.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>L_R: Drs. Ogawa, Benson, Ishiyama, Minami, LeVine, and Mercer at the International Morita Therapy Congress, Melbourne, Australia, 2012.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Rebeca Garcia, BAS Preschool Teacher Falls Church, Virginia Rebeca is a graduate of Washburn University in Human Services and the Morita Therapy Certificate Program. She did her Morita study abroad at the University of British Columbia. Rebeca has completed internships in trauma care of children in hospital settings. She is an avid world-traveler and dedicated teacher.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Rebeca in Vancouver’s Chinatown for an awakening of senses excursion during the 2007 International Congress of Morita Therapy</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>George van Elst MSc Ed Lecturer Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands Department HRM and Psychology Faculty Applied Psychology Health promotion and education have been George’s main themes in the past 40 years, both in his professional and personal life. His dedication to lifelong learning and development includes the work of Dr. Morita as his most recent source of inspiration. At the University of Applied Sciences, George teaches Psychology, coaching- counseling training, and body-mind skills. He was born and has lived for more than 40 years in Amsterdam, but now lives since 2006 in Belgium with his wife, daughter, and son. In addition to his work at the university, George gives Qigong (Yi Quan-based) lessons in Belgium.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>President, Florida Restorative Justice Association Former Director of Restorative Justice Outreach and Advocacy for the River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding, Gainesville, Florida Gretchen began working as an advocate and counselor for victims and survivors of violent crime in 1985, working with Alachua County Victim Services, the Attorney General's Office and Project Payback. She developed the first county park for victims and survivors of crime in Florida. She is also the creator of Unshame, a social media platform for anyone who has been personally impacted by rape or is interested in supporting survivors of rape. Gretchen wrote the 2007 screenplay for the acclaimed video, "Somewhere Beyond." She was the Director of Victim Services for the State Attorneys Office-8th Judicial Circuit from 2009 -2017. Gretchen is a graduate of the University of Florida. She is an avid fused glass and mosaic artist (https://caseyrobertsonart.com).</image:caption>
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      <image:title>PERSPECTIVES - “What Can Morita Therapy Offer to the Practice of Restorative Justice?”</image:title>
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