2022 Volume 28 Issue 1 Pages 67-80
This is the third report in a series of studies on systematizing the knowledge and skills required for Naikan therapists for the purpose of developing an educational program. The first report identified the difficulties faced by the second generation of Naikan therapists when they were new therapists（Takahashi and Li, 2020）; the second report considered the first generation of Naikan therapists（from whom the second generation learned the therapy）and discussed the difficulties they encountered when conducting Naikan interviews, and the methods they developed for facing these difficulties（Takahashi and Li, 2021）. This paper, the third in the series, reports on a survey conducted with the Japan Association of Naikan Training Institutes which had the the aim of understanding the actual situation at several Naikan training centers, based on the findings identified in the first and second reports. Based on the results obtained from the Naikan Training Institute, the following issues are discussed from the perspective of the future of Naikan: how to set up a framework for intensive Naikan, becoming a Naikan therapist and being a Naikan therapist, responding to clients as a Naikan therapist, the flow and framework of the interview, and responses during Naikan interviews.
