Dr Karan Sahar

Dr Karan Sahar, DClinPsy, Leg. Psykolog, CPsychol, EuroPsy, is the founder and clinical lead of LivFull Psychology, a clinical psychology practice providing psychotherapy, psychological evaluations, parenting support, and supervision and consultation for children/adolescents, adults, families and professionals in Japan.

He completed his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of London (UK), with extensive experience in working with adults and children presenting with neurological/cognitive and neurodevelopmental difficulties.

Dr Sahar is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) in the UK and licensed by Socialstyrelsen (the National Board of Health & Welfare) in Sweden. He is a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society (BPS) and holds EuroPsy recognition in Clinical Psychology through the European Federation of Psychologists' Associations (EFPA). He is currently the acting Membership Secretary at the International Mental Health Professionals Japan (IMHPJ).

His counselling/psychotherapy is evidence-based, person-centred, holistic and integrative. Dr Sahar uses a relational approach to connect deeply with his clients and cultivate their inherent strengths to enable a meaningful and fulfilling life, within a neuro-affirmative lens. In his work with parents, he supports parents in understanding their child's experience while developing the confidence and skills to respond effectively to their needs.

You can expect a transparent, trusting, empathic and non-judgemental therapeutic relationship with Dr Sahar so that you feel safe to talk about yourself and/or your family, as well as try out the new skills or techniques you learn with him.

The practice keeps psychology, psychological evaluation, medical diagnosis, and medication clearly separate. LivFull provides psychological evaluation, profiling, findings and recommendations; it does not provide medical diagnosis or medication services in Japan, and it is not an emergency service.