I'm Josh Sasai (AMHSW), a psychotherapist, educator, and Medicare provider with over 25 years of experience supporting adults through complex emotional and life challenges in Brunswick and online.

I offer a grounded, collaborative space where healing happens at a pace that honours your nervous system — combining emotional insight with safely paced, embodied experience.

Background & Philosophical Roots

Originally from Kyoto, Japan, I grew up immersed in the rhythms of mindfulness and Buddhist psychology, including Japanese therapeutic traditions such as Morita Therapy (acceptance and purposeful action) and Naikan Therapy (structured self-reflection).

Having lived, studied, and worked across Japan, New Zealand, Canada, and Australia, I have a deep reverence for cultural diversity and for each person's unique identity and life story. I strive to provide a safe, respectful, and completely non-judgmental space for every client.

How I Work: A Contemplative Framework

At Wisdom Psychotherapy, Buddhist Psychotherapy is my foundational framework for integrating modern, evidence-based therapies. You do not need to practice Buddhism or hold any spiritual belief to benefit — at its core, it is a gentle, secular psychology of human awareness that complements modern neuroscience and somatic therapy.

Rather than treating you as a diagnosis to be fixed, we work together to explore:

• Radical Self-Compassion — Learning to meet painful patterns and a harsh inner critic with kindness instead of judgment.

• The Art of Presence — Shifting out of future-anxiety or past-rumination and learning how to safely anchor awareness in the present moment.

• Embodying Clarity — Recognizing that underneath stress or trauma, there is an innate, unbroken capacity for wisdom and integration.

This framework allows me to safely weave in modalities such as EMDR, Brainspotting, Somatic Psychotherapy, and Internal Family Systems (IFS) — always tailored to your readiness and goals.

Qualifications

Master of Social Work

Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics

Graduate Diploma of Buddhist Psychotherapy

Postgraduate Certificate of Family Therapy

Postgraduate Certificate of Mental Health Practice

Graduate Diploma of Teaching

Bachelor of Social Sciences (Applied Psychology & Sociology)