Adjunct Faculty, Musashino University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Director, Grief & Bereavement Institute

Dr. Morita was born and raised in Hyogo, Japan. After working at an international corporation in Osaka for three years, she relocated to the United States in 1990. She received a Master of Arts Degree (M.A.) from Columbia University, Teachers College (New York) in Counseling in 2000 and a Doctorate of Psychology Degree (Psy.D.) from Long Island University (New York) in Clinical Psychology in 2007. She successfully completed a two-year externship from Bellevue Hospital as well as an internship at the Long Island Medical Jewish Center. For two years, she worked in a clinical setting with children struggling with behavioral and health issues in North Carolina and California. Dr. Morita relocated to Hawaii in 2009 and worked as a staff counselor at Hawaii Tokai International College. In 2012 she assumed a position as the Bereavement Coordinator at Hospice Hawaii to provide grief care for patients and families as well as group counseling sessions for the bereaved community. Dr. Morita returned to Japan in 2019 and her first book in Japanese entitled “Miracle of Saying Goodbye.” is released in May 2021. She continues to publish articles in professional journals and lecture internationally and domestically. Her second book will be released in Japanese in March 2025. 

EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Doctorate of Psychology Degree in Clinical Psychology (Psy.D.)
Long Island University, Brookville, NY
May 2007

Master of Arts Degree (M.A.) in Education in Psychological Counseling
Columbia University, Teachers College, New York, NY
May 2000

Master of Arts Degree (M.A.) in Language Education
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
May 1998

DOMESTIC & INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Psychological Association (APA – United States)

Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC – United States)

Japanese Society for Palliative Medicine (JSPM – Japan)

Japan Hospice Palliative Care Foundation (JHPH – Japan)