* Due to medical leave, my practice is temporarily on pause*
Welcome to the homepage of Dr. Colin Zimbleman, a U.S. licensed Clinical Psychologist.
In my practice, in downtown Kyoto, Japan, I specialize in working with people experiencing depression, anxiety, and trauma related issues.
Carl Jung, one of the founders of the field of psychology, believed that each person is a unique question posed to the world. Our life, if well lived, is the embodied answer to that question. Our weaknesses, our symptoms, are like cracks in the edifice of a false self, and painful or hurtful as they are, are the potential points of entry through which we are led to that "question posed to the world." And in turn, we begin to answer our question by living life according to our own truth. My role as a therapist is to guide, support, and challenge each person's process of self discovery.
In practice, I integrate a depth psychological approach (Jungian, psychoanalytic) with cognitive and behavioral interventions as needed. I am trained in EMDR therapy (EMDR Institute, trainings 1 and 2, currently working towards certification), and often integrate this method into both individual and couples work to reprocess old memories and experiences that are holding us back via unwanted patterns of emotions or behaviors. Additionally, IFS (Internal Family Systems) therapy is a cornerstone of my practice and is often woven into the therapy process. At the outset of therapy, individual goals and a plan for treatment is proposed and discussed with the aim of reducing symptoms quickly while also resolving the root causes of our symptoms.
As a US licensed psychologist, I operate under the American Psychological Association (APA) rules regarding standard practice of psychotherapy, including the maintaining of confidentiality. I am also a member of the EMDR Institute, and a past Head of Training of International Mental Health Professionals Japan (IMHPJ).
If you are looking for English language therapy services for yourself or someone you care about, or have any other questions, please get in touch using the Contact tab above and self-scheduling using the Scheduling tab.
Office Hours and Schedule
Current medical related absence. Online only office hourse are planned to resume in early fall, 2025.
A tableau of dream images by Dr. Zimbleman
“...
Don’t be afraid
to ask them questions!
Their bright faces,
which follow the sun,
will listen, and all
those rows of seeds -
each one a new life! -
hope for a deeper acquaintance;
each of them, though it stands
in a crowd of many,
like a separate universe,
is lonely, the long work
of turning their lives
into a celebration
is not easy. Come
and let us talk with those modest faces,
the simple garments of leaves,
the coarse roots in the earth
so uprightly burning.
”