Among the activities of school counselors (SCs), consultations with teachers are considered important; therefore, a model that can be used by novice SCs is needed. This study was aimed at creating a practice model for SC-Consultation that is in line with the current state of SC-Consultation in Japan. First, a model which reflects the features of SC-Consultation in Japan as identified in previous research was proposed. Next, to confirm the model’s potential and to find points for improvement, this model was used in training novice SCs with under three years experiences; it was a combination of SC-Consultation lectures and examining participant’s own cases. Results of pre- and post-training questionnaires and group interviews confirmed that the practice model provides novice SCs with a framework for the basic understanding of SC-Consultation, enabling SCs to look back on their own consultations, to examine issues, and then to connect them to future practice. The model was continuously revised based on findings for improving the significance of supporting teachers and psychological assessment. As future research themes, the study suggested bias in participant’s previous work experience and type of school, distinction between the influence of the practice model and the training itself, and SC-Consultation about preventive activities.

In this study, a new parenting counseling system that combines online-based parenting counseling (“online parenting counseling”) and face-to-face counseling (“face-to-face parenting counseling”) as emergency parenting support against COVID-19 was established and implemented for two years from 2020 to 2021 in two classes in a public kindergarten. The first purpose was to examine whether there were differences in the number of counseling cases and the contents of counseling depending on the difference between face-to-face counseling and online parenting counseling methods. As a result, the number of face-to-face counseling tended to be more than the number of online parenting counseling throughout the two years. Regardless of the method of counseling, most of the counseling cases were related to the children’s personality and emotions throughout the two years. The second purpose was to conduct a questionnaire survey to four users of online parenting counseling in order to collect their evaluations and to identify its functions and problems. The results showed that all users positively evaluated the online parenting counseling. They said that it was easy to use and talk and that they would like to use it again in the next opportunity. The issues of online parenting counseling methods and its ideas for improvement were discussed.

The purpose of this study was to assess the type and severity of nightmares and to examine the effects of image exposure and image rescripts on nightmare reduction. In this report, we presented the counseling process with high school students who complained of nightmares. Client A’s chief complaint was idiopathic nightmares of being stabbed or pushed down. The client’s background was the stress of club activities and the lack of close friends. Client B’s chief complaint was confusion and fear during mid-wake due to post-traumatic nightmares, with an inability to distinguish between dream and reality. She was later diagnosed as having obsessive-compulsive disorder due to trauma-related nightmares. The background of symptoms were career problems and childhood traumatic experiences. As a result of applying a combination of exposure, muscle relaxation, and rescript therapy (ERRT) to Client A, the nightmare symptoms disappeared in a short period of time. After applying imagery rehearsal therapy (IRT) to Client B, the frequency and intensity of nightmares decreased, and the client was able to distinguish between dreams and reality. In cases of frequent nightmares in adolescents, as in adults, the effectiveness of two techniques, ERRT and IRT, which use image exposure and image rescripts as common techniques, were confirmed.

This systematic review was aimed at to summarize which factors are relating to help-seeking in Japanese studies. A literature search using CiNii and hand search yielded 1055 articles. Among these articles, 43 eligible articles which dealt with network variables, personality variables, or one’s own symptoms or the seriousness of the problems were obtained. As a result, the following six findings were suggested. (1) Social support is positively related to help-seeking intentions when the source of support and the person to seek help is corresponding. However, it has little correlation with help-seeking intentions when the source of support and the person to seek help is not corresponding. (2) Prior experience of contact with helper is related to help-seeking intentions. (3) Self-esteem has little correlation with neither help-seeking intentions nor help-seeking attitudes. (4) Problems that represent needs for help are positively related to help-seeking intentions. (5) While mental health has little correlation with help-seeking intentions, some indices of depressive symptoms are negatively related to help-seeking intentions. (6) For help-seeking attitudes, there are no consistent results except for the relations to self-esteem.