Morita Therapy An Audio-Visual Series Volume 1~3 | Trailer The definitive guide to understanding Morita Therapy. Morita therapy represents traditional Japanese psychotherapy for anxiety disorder, and it does not apply any kind of medication. Unlike Western therapies, Morita therapy does not try to extract symptom from the patient but encourage patient to live with it. Patients going through Morita therapy will be aware that the symptom is not really a problem they need to eliminate. Morita Therapy An Audio-Visual Series Volume 1~3 is a video series that reveals the essence of Morita Therapy from different perspectives. Morita Therapy An Audio-Visual Series Volume 1~3 | Set (274min) https://vimeo.com/ondemand/mt123e ********************************************************* Volume 1 To Live (90min) https://vimeo.com/ondemand/mt1e The film provides the interviews of eight people who overcame anxiety disorder, a clear exposition of the thought and method of Morita Therapy by Chihiro Fujita (psychiatrist) and a documentary about a young man who is suffering from social phobia. ********************************************************* Volume 2 Tokiwadai Psychiatric Clinic (120min) https://vimeo.com/ondemand/mt2e A documentary about Inpatient Morita Therapy. Unparalleled record of Morita Therapy. Tokiwadai Psychiatric Clinic in Tokyo is one of the few Japanese psychiatric clinics practice Inpatient Morita therapy. The film follows a woman suffering from anxiety disorder "social phobia", and her hospitalization in Tokiwadai Psychiatric Clinic (101days). At the clinic, she lives a homelike environment and through ordinary daily activities, she starts to learn the laws of nature. Inpatient therapy is the original method of Morita Therapy. This is the only film that captured all the therapeutic process of Morita Therapy. Official selection The 16th Parnu International Documentary and Anthropology Film Festival ********************************************************* Volume 3 Seikatsu no Hakkenkai (65min) https://vimeo.com/ondemand/mt3e A documentary about the activity of self-help group “Seikatsu no Hakkenkai” which is based on the thought of Morita Therapy. The film follows an activity of the group meeting “Shudankai”, the main activity of “Seikatsu no Hakkenkai”. One day, a woman who suffers from anxiety disorder starts to participate “Shudankai”. She meets people who have similar mental problems, began to exchange knowledge, share the feelings and restore herself to health. Chika Higa (psychiatrist) gives commentary on the healing process in the self-help group “Seikatsu no Hakkenkai”. ********************************************************* Producer: Tsuneo Okamoto (Mental Health Okamoto Foundation) A Landscape film Cinematographer: Shigeru Tayama, Kai Yoshio Medical Consultant: Susumu Maruyama (psychiatrist / National Institute of Mental Health) English Subtitle: Samuel Paul Kawashima Recommendation: Takeo Doi (psychiatrist / author of “The Anatomy od Dependence”) Hayao Kawai (psychologist) Director: Go Nonaka
