UNSETTLED BY COVID-19 LOCKDOWNS?
Morita therapy and Dr Kurokawa’s PHOBIA POWER! is well-suited to help you!
ABCD MORITA
This is a daily regime of short, targeted goals created by Dr Kurokawa will be particularly helpful for people trying to cope with the upheaval caused by our Covid-19 lock-down affected lives.
WALKING MORITA
Dr Kurokawa created this to help patients overcome anxiety about leaving their house or going outside, by setting targets.
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PHOBIA POWER!
Helps you with a smile!
Full colour ‘cartoon style’ illustrations [see also on main PHOBIA POWER! carousel] throughout the book re-enforce Nobuo’s good advice - as well as providing a smile!
Interesting and useful info on Japan!
PHOBIA POWER! Includes more than 25 footnotes which pop-up to provide the reader with interesting additional information about Japan, its culture, history, language and geography. Stuff you may not know
3 EXAMPLES OF POP-UP FOOTNOTES.
1/: Sensei.
In PHOBIA POWER! you read:
“Then I read a book by Dr Keiji Mizutani [LANGUAGE POINT: Mizutani Keiji sensei: 先生 ]..."
CLICK! The POP-UP FOOTNOTE appears....
[LANGUAGE POINT: 先生 ‘Sensei’: doctor. Sensei is also the title for ‘teacher’. In addition, ‘sensei’ is often used in a non-professional situation, a general term of respect to older, or more experienced people].
BACK TO PHOBIA POWER HOME2/: Juku.
In PHOBIA POWER! you read:
“In Junior high school I was able to enter the honors class - simply by self-study, and without relying at all on tutoring, or going to a Juku [Cram school] [ CULTURAL POINT].”
CLICK! The POP-UP FOOTNOTE appears....
[CULTURAL POINT. Juku: 学習塾. In Japan, it is considered ‘normal’ for most school children go to extra tutoring classes after (and sometimes before) their regular school. There is considerable pressure on students to get the required academic points needed to go to the school or university of their choice. Many students suffer stress and sometimes feel unbearable pressure].
3/: Kansai-ben.
In PHOBIA POWER! you read:
“This is a popular saying in our local Kansai dialect, called ‘Osaka ben’[関西弁: Kansai-ben. LANGUAGE POINT]”
CLICK! The POP-UP FOOTNOTE appears....
[関西弁: Kansai-ben is the dialect spoken in the ‘Kansai’ area around Osaka. Kansai-ben is also often called Osaka-ben. In Japan, there is competitive rivalry between different regions, particularly between major cities; such as between Tokyo and Osaka. So each area’s local dialect is a point of many jokes by residents of neighbouring or competitive areas. Australians might think about ‘Sydney versus Melbourne’ jokes. Los Angeles versus New York for Americans.]