Shibusawa Tazuko, Ishii Chikako, Nakamura Shinichi, Tamura Takeshi, Watanabe Toshiyuki
Azabu Wellness Tokyo Japan.
TELL Counseling, Ishii Family Therapy Institute Tokyo Japan.
Aust N Z J Fam Ther. 2021 Mar;42(1):58-69. doi: 10.1002/anzf.1438. Epub 2021 Mar 10.
This paper, which is authored by members of the Japanese Association of Family Therapy (JAFT), describes the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan from a family systems perspective. The authors are active members of JAFT and include current and past presidents and officers. We describe the course of the pandemic and the ways in which government policies to mitigate the pandemic have affected Japanese families. Challenges that affect Japanese families include the inability to participate in family and social rituals, prescribed gender roles that specifically affect women, high suicide rates, and prejudice against those who are at risk of spreading the infection. The need to shelter in place has also forced family homes to function as a workplace for parents, classrooms for children, and day care services for frail elders, which has resulted in psychological distress among individuals and conflicts among families. We discuss ways that therapists have worked with Japanese families using online therapy.
本文由日本家庭治疗协会（JAFT）成员撰写，从家庭系统视角描述了日本的新冠疫情。作者均为JAFT的活跃成员，包括现任和前任会长及干事。我们描述了疫情的发展过程以及政府缓解疫情的政策对日本家庭产生影响的方式。影响日本家庭的挑战包括无法参与家庭和社会仪式、特定影响女性的既定性别角色、高自杀率以及对有感染传播风险者的偏见。居家避难的必要性也迫使家庭住所成为父母的工作场所、孩子的教室以及体弱老人的日托服务场所，这导致了个人的心理困扰和家庭冲突。我们讨论了治疗师利用在线治疗与日本家庭合作的方式。
