Meet The Team
Clinical Psychologist & Licensed Sexologist and Presenter
Dariusz P. Skowronski Ph.D.
I am very devoted to psychology, human sexuality studies, and mental well-being, working both in a clinical and academic setting. I offer high expertise in a wide range of marital, relationships, gender and sexuality issues, sex education and sexual development, sexual health and satisfaction, sexual disorders, sexual addictive behaviors and sexual abuse. I am also passionate about cross-cultural psychology with a special emphasis on international couples and marriages. I believe that the purpose of life is to find your calling and sharing together the best you can offer to others.
Clinical Interpreter & Assistant
Airi Kamiike
Airi is a Japanese with a multicultural background. She grew up in Indonesia, Hong Kong, and China and went to Japanese schools overseas. After returning to Japan, she wanted to be able to communicate with people from different countries or cultures, which led her to enroll at Temple University Japan Campus (TUJ). Her journey to psychology started by taking Dr. Skowronski’s Human Sexuality course at TUJ, which led her to switch majors and graduate with a bachelor’s degree in Psychological Studies in 2022. Since then, her passion for psychology has never ceased.
She is currently interested in cross-culture, attachment style, and self-disclosure in romantic/sexual relationships. Her capstone thesis was the impact on cultural experience and interpersonal sensitivity in self-disclosure among Japanese returnees.
At Bright Life Counseling, Airi is a clinical assistant/interpreter involved in administrative work and daily clinical/educational activities. Apart from Bright Life Counseling, she works for a non-profit organization in Tokyo. She enjoys going to sauna and visiting islands in Japan in her free time.
Clinical Interpreter
Jina Sunahara
Jina is a Japanese/Iraqi mix who grew up in Tokyo. She is bilingual in Japanese and English. (Can understand very little Arabic too.) She graduated from Temple University, Japan Campus (TUJ) majoring in Psychological Studies in 2014.
As she was surrounded by multiple cultures from a younger age and experienced it herself by having family and friends of different countries/cultures, she is interested in a cross-cultural relationship and how that influences people’s communication styles. Also, she is interested in mixed-race individuals who grew up in an international environment and how their thinking, behaviors, or identity changes in different contexts or over time/age.
Currently, she works as a TA at TUJ for psychology courses related to gender studies, especially on women’s attitudes and behaviors in society.
She loves to interact with children and enjoys volunteering at an art camp for children held by the Nonprofit organization in Tokyo.
Research and IT
John Andrews
John is an American who has been living in Japan for a total of 6 years. He graduated from Rhode Island College with a bachelors in Psychology and a focus on pre-medicne.
He is currently the main research assistant at Bright Life working with such schools as Sophia, Meiji, and Temple.
John also handles the bulk of our IT tasks, the website blog and most other creative works at Bright Life. This includes photography and design (including this website).
Research and IT
John Andrews
John is an American who has been living in Japan for a total of 6 years. He graduated from Rhode Island College with a bachelors in Psychology and a focus on pre-medicne.
He is currently the main research assistant at Bright Life working with such schools as Sophia, Meiji, and Temple.
John also handles the bulk of our IT tasks, the website blog and most other creative works at Bright Life. This includes photography and design (including this website).