Tamaki Saito,M.D.,Ph.D.(Japan)
Professor of Mental Health
Professor of Social Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Tsukuba

He is specialist in “Hikikomori (social withdrawal)” and other adolescent psychopathology and pathography as a psychiatrist. He has been one of co-chairman of ODNJP (Open Dialogue Network Japan) since 2015, which is central organization for dissemination
activities of Open Dialogue in Japan. As a psychiatrist, he was one of the first to apply dialogical practice to clinical situations, publishing some books on Open Dialogue and giving lectures for diverse group of professionals. He wrote two introductory books on Open Dialogue and each sold more than 20,000 copies. Recently, he is continuing research on Remote Dialogical Practice (RDP) for hikikomori patients who cannot visit hospital