It was incredible how much Tomoko was able to help me in the few short months that I saw her before moving up north.
Tomoko had a very calm, warm presence every session. I knew how skilled she was as a therapist by the first session that we met. On my first day meeting her I assumed that it would be an intake but it felt like a therapy session instead where I already learned a lot about myself. Within a few short sessions it felt like she literally knew me. Her therapy style catered to the kind of therapist that I needed: she let me discover and learn intrinsically. This I really appreciated because generally I don't like being told what to do in an authoritarian manner. Another thing that I liked a lot was how she let me speak a lot, but when she would say the few things that she would say, I usually learned something from it. Also, it was great that she was Japanese like me because she understood not only Japanese as a language but she also understood it culturally, which I feel helped a lot in the therapy process..
To sum it up I highly recommend anyone who is looking for a warm, understanding, kind therapist to try meeting with Tomoko Bowling. read more