Affiliation:Kokoro-Research Center, Kyoto University
Title:Professor

Research
My research field is clinical psychology. I am interested in the cultural and historical background of psychotherapy, beyond the various psychological problems appearing in psychotherapy. In this sense, my concern is how consciousness today is reflected in psychotherapy. While the psychotherapy inaugurated by Freud takes neuroses as its object and is based on self-consciousness, the consciousness of today seems to have a different structure, appearing in new symptoms such as dissociation, developmental disorders, and psychosomatic disorders. As a Jungian analyst, I work with images but recently I am more interested in the dialectics of psychotherapy. As methodology, I use not only case studies in psychotherapy, but also investigation and studies of literature. I am looking for a methodology transcending the use of narratives alone.


Publications
1. Kawai, T. Jung in Japanese academy. In: Casement, A. (Ed.) Who owns Jung? Karnac: London. Pp. 5-18.
2. Kawai, T. Postmodern consciousness in psychotherapy. Journal of Analytical Psychology, 51, 437-450, 2006.
3. Kawai, T. Postmodern consciousness in the novels of Haruki Murakami. in: Singer, T. (ed.) The Cultural complex, London: Routledge, Pp. 90-101, 2004.
4. Kawai, T. Die Wahrheit in der Psychotherapie. Gorgo, 44, 47-68, 2003.
5. Kawai, T. Truth and reality in psychotherapy. Harvest, 47, 35-63, 2001.
6. Kawai, T. Bild und Sprache und ihre Beziehung zur Welt: Überlegungen zur Bedeutung von Jung und Heidegger für die Psychologie. Koenigshausen und Neumann, Wurzburg 1988.