About Yukie Urano

YUKIE URANO

About Yukie

Born in Suginami City and raised in Tokorozawa, she is currently based in Tokyo and also spends time in Bali and the United Kingdom. Growing up with a father who worked as a musician, she was surrounded by artists and creative individuals from an early age.

After graduating from a public high school, she began working for a general company in Japan. However, feeling a growing sense of discomfort with the conventional career path, she left her job in her fourth year as a working professional. She then attended an English conversation school for two years before moving to the United States to study psychology at university. After graduation, she traveled through Costa Rica and Mexico before returning to Japan, where she worked for a multinational IT company.

Later, she married a British man and became a mother. Following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, she relocated to Bali, Indonesia with her son. After spending approximately three years there, she returned to Japan and began her counseling career while attending graduate school in Tokyo to study clinical psychology.

During graduate school, she encountered the concept of Highly Sensitive Person (HSP), which helped her better understand the deep sense of discomfort and sensitivity she had experienced throughout much of her life. Through encounters with books, counselors, and healers, she gained insight and healing while building clinical experience across various fields.She is now the founder of “Inner Peace,” an HSP-focused coaching and counseling practice.

Education and training

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Psychology major, BA
Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP), Clinical Psychology, MA
Licensed Clinical Psychologist (Registration No. 52075, Japan)
ICF Associate Certified Coach (ACC)
Certified HSP Therapist by Dr. Elaine Aron
Completed the “Become an Intuitive Healer” course supervised by Dr. Judith Orloff
Completed the Advanced Hypnotherapy Course at the Japan Holistic Academy
Completed the Beginning Level of the Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner Training
Completed the Orthomolecular Nutrition Professional Training Program
Member of the Japanese Association of Certified Public Psychologists
Member of the Japanese Association of Mindfulness
Member of the American Psychological Association
Member of the Japan Focusing Association
Member of the Japan Clinical Hypnotherapists Association and the National Guild of Hypnotists (USA)

Professional Experiences

Counselling and Coaching services for the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme, a national initiative supported by MIC, MOFA, and MEXT.
Partnering with global EAP providers such as Spring Health, Intellect, Naluri Life, and Kyan Health, delivering counseling, coaching, and workshops to a wide range of organizations, including multinational corporations, universities, and public institutions.
Providing psychological counseling for teens and adults with HSP traits, supporting concerns such as anxiety, depressed mood, and difficulties with emotional regulation, as well as coaching for career development and future planning.

I have been working with clients from teenagers to middle-aged and older adults who have any type of relationship problems, anxiety, emotional distress, behavioral difficulties, ADHD, ASD, panic disorders, schizophrenia etc at a clinic in Ebisu and EAP (Employee Assistance Program). I have also been working with people from various background who came to Japan through JET programs (The Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme).