This document provides biographical and professional information about Prem Dana Takada, a clinical psychologist based in Byron Bay, Australia. It outlines her educational background, including obtaining a Bachelor of Behavioral Science with Honors from LaTrobe University in 1983 and a Master of Clinical Psychology from the same institution in 1987. Her professional experience includes founding a private psychology practice in Byron Bay in 2007 and Tokyo Therapy in Japan from 1995-2007. She has extensive experience providing individual, couple, family and group therapy for a wide range of mental health issues across different settings.

1. Prem Dana Takada BBSc(Hons),M.A.Psych.(Clin.)
Clinical Psychologist
Name: Prem Dana Takada D.O.B. 18th,
March, 1961.
Address: 14 Blackbutt PL Byron Bay 2481 NSW Phone: 02 6680 9346 Fax: 02 66780441
Email: info@byronpsychology.com Website: www.byronpsychology.com
Professional Work Experience:
Byron Psychology Founder. Oct 2007- current
Creator The Byron Process and The 7 Methods. 2008- current.
Private retreats for individual, couples and family on the interface between
personal/business/relationships/spirituality.
Breakthrough Sessions, Programs and Traninings.
Private Clinical Psychology practice.
Individuals -Mental Health Care Plan Intervention -Medicare, Cognitive- Behavioral
Interventions, Psycho-education. Assessment, diagnosis, management and treatment of
the full range of acute and chronic psychiatric disorders. Depression, Eating Disorders,
Chronic Sexual Dysfunction, Anxiety, Unexplained Somatic Disorders.
Couple and Marital- where one or both of the couple has a mental health disorder.
Parenting coaching and family intervention for child and adolescent issues or adult
children with mental health issues including special needs children ( ASD, Intellectual
delay).
Supervision, Consultation and Training for individuals and group and organisations. In
Narrative Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Systemic Therapy, Ericksonian Therapy
and other brief therapy and change- orientated approaches.
Drug and Alcohol Assessment and Rehabilitation consultation and training. Training-
Drug and Alcohol Counselors, Indigenous Training (Narrative Therapy).
Team Consultation and Intervention- NGO.s and private groups
Court Assessments and Reports.- Commercial, Criminal, Family Court. Cross Cultural
Psychology Issues.(specialty Japanese)
EAP Services. Mediation. Post- Suicide group sessions. Trauma assessment and
management.
Mental Health Professionals Network Bryon Bay- Founding Coordinator 2008-2010
Tokyo Therapy, 1995 -2007 Founder.
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2. - Private consultation practice. Providing individual, couple, family and group
clinical consultation
-Specialist in Mental Health Service provision and therapeutic services for a wide
range of psychological and psychiatric issues i.e. anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive
disorders, depression, sexual disorders, history of abuse, eating disorders, grief, illness, acute
stress reactions, victims of sexual abuse and violence, PTSD, addictions and personality issues.
www.tokyotherapy.com.
- Providing groups and seminars for the community and professionals in Japan,
Asia, and USA on brief therapy approaches, structural and systemic approaches,
motivational interviewing, strategic approaches, ericksonian therapy, solution focused
approaches and systemic constellation approaches for organizational and other systems.
and mental health-educational-marketing seminars (e.g. Glaxo-Kline).Organizing
conferences, professional development seminars and training opportunities for professionals in
English in Japan..
- 1998- 2004 VP and President of IMHPJ (International Mental Health Professionals
Japan).President 2000-2004. VP/Conference organizer 1998, 1999, 2000-including Asian wide
conference (in association with Counseling the International Community in Asia, CICA) – the
first conference of this kind to be held in English in Japan
-April 2004- June 2007. Clinical Consultant and Trainer (Preceptor) for SARP
(Substance and Alcohol Rehabilitation) units on US Naval Bases in Japan – Sasebo
(2004). Yukosuka. Commanding Officer’s TEAM Award Medal.
Past Work Experience
Principal Clinical Psychologist -West London Health Care Trust, NHS. Ealing, United
Kingdom F/T Oct 1991-Feb 1994
Senior Psychologist. Consultant to Multidisciplinary Teams. (a) Inpatient ward, (b)
Community mental health team and (b) Outpatient community psychiatric nursing team.
Clinical Supervision of other mental health team members on psychological issues in
individual and group team formats.
Clinical Psychologist (locum) Bloomsbury Health Authority, London, United Kingdom.
F/T/ June 1991-Sep 1991
(a)Consultant to high security ward (b) Ear nose and throat consultant e.g. Tinnitus (c)
Community Psychologist. Clinical Supervision of other mental health team members on
psychological issues in individual and group team formats.
Clinical Psychologist (P2)Community Assessment and Treatment Team (CATT)
Royal Park Hospital, Melbourne. P/T Aug 1988-Feb 1989 F/T Feb 1989-Feb 1991.
Home based Psychiatric Crisis team as an alternative to hospitalization for acute and
chronic psychiatric disorders. Pilot project, 24hrs/7days/week.
Clinical Psychologist (locum) Sunshine Counseling and Community Services, Melbourne.
P/T Aug 1988-Feb 1989
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3. Community Psychologist (locum) Westgate Community Health Service, Melbourne. F/T
June 1987-May 1988
Psychological Trainee
(a)West Heidelberg Community Center, May 1985 Dec 1985 (b) LaTrobe University Clinic.
March 1985 to Dec 1986. Concurrently undertook 1.5 years of a 2 years training program in
Systemic Therapy at (c) Austin Hospital Psychology Department Feb 1986-June 1987.
Psychology Tutor - Chisholm Institute of Technology, Department of Applied Psychology,
Melbourne, Australia. Full/Time 1984 Part/Time 1985-87
Education
1985-1987 Masters of Clinical Psychology. LaTrobe University, Melbourne
Australia. State Scholarship awarded. Postgraduate. Master’s Research Thesis
"The Acute effects of Alcohol on the Daughters of Alcoholics and Controls: A
Search for Mediating Factors in the Predisposition towards Alcoholism."
Supervisors. Pr. K. Ng and Pr. G. Singer.
1979 -1983 1st
class -Honors Degree in Bachelor of Behavior Science. LaTrobe
University, Melbourne Australia. Major Psychology
Research Theses Year 3 Minor Thesis:"Scheduled Induced Self Injection of Heroin in
Rats: The blocking effects of Naloxone" Supervisor. Pr. G. Singer. Published.
Year 4. (1st Class Honors.)
"Pretreatment Characteristics of Clients in a Therapeutics Community for the
Treatment of Drug Dependence: Their Association with Retention and a Descriptive
Analysis." Supervisors: Pr. G. Singer and Dr. P. Cook.
Minor Philosophy Thesis. “Different Types of Knowledge. Intuitive Versus Rational
Knowledge.”
Professional Registrations and Roles
-Australian Psychological Society - APS
Membership Number: 013517. Full Member since 1989. College of Clinical
Psychologists Member since 1990.
-Australian Association of Family Therapists - VAFT Clinical Member Reg. since
1990.
-PACFA- Registration # 21375. Mental Health. Supervisor.
-Registered Psychology Board of Australia. AHPRA Clinical Psychologist Reg #
PSY001223421 endorsed. Authorised Supervisor.
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4. Past
-IMHPJ - International Mental Health Professionals Japan.
Clinical Member 1997- 2010 -Vice President 1998, 1999. President 2000, 2001, 2002,2003.
-Mental Health Professionals Network. Byron Bay. Founding Coordinator. 2010-2011. Current
member
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