SNS Counseling and Community Support
Research Topic
SNS Counseling and Community Support
Lead Researcher
Toshio Kawai, Professor, Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University
Collaborating Researchers
Yasushi Sugihara, Professor, Kyoto University General Student Support Center
Yasuhiro Tanaka, Professor, Education, Kyoto University
Kotaro Umemura, Lecturer, Education, Kyoto University
Tomoki Miyata, Professor, Tezukayama Gakuin University
Sakiko Yoshikawa, Director/Professor, Institute of Philosophy & Human Values, Kyoto University of the Arts
Joint Researcher
Ayuko Mizuno, Graduate Student, Education, Kyoto University
Center Co-Researchers
Yukiko Uchida, Professor, Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University
Chihiro Hatanaka, Senior Lecturer, Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University
Masataka Nakayama, Assistant Professor, Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University
Yuka Suzuki, Assistant Professor, Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University
Hisae Konakawa, Research Fellow, Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University
Nowadays, communication tools are shifting from telephone and e-mail to social networking services (SNS), especially among young people. Therefore, it is necessary to build functions for counseling, which have long been provided through telephone and e-mail, on SNS, too.
However, the trial introduction of SNS counseling has only just started, and it is gradually being recognized as a new field among professionals. In this regard, creating a framework for a counseling system as well as organizing techniques and theories are urgent issues.
Considering these social needs, by complementarily combining the practical knowledge and the latest empirical analysis, a team of clinical and empirical psychologists conducts research to establish specialized techniques, theoretical bases, and appropriate systems for SNS counseling. Specifically, the project will launch SNS counseling based on the cooperation with companies and local governments, and will offer psychological counseling using LINE to the employees, their families and students who feel needs. Thus, we will establish the framework of “autonomous research – practice” by creating a system to support the community through clinical practice and aim to solve social problems through conducting basic interdisciplinary research on SNS counseling.
2021/06/09