Education

1965.4-1972.4

Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine　（M.D.）

1972.5-1974.3

Sapporo Medical College
Medical Training

1974.10-1976.10

Institute of Psychiatry at University of London, U.K.
Post-graduate Training

2004.11

Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine （M.D., Ph.D.）

Academic and Administrative Appointments

1991.10-1994.9

Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology ,
School of Education, Kyushu University

1994.10-2010.3

Professor of Counseling Psychology ,
School of Education, Kyushu University

2000.4-2010.3

Professor of Psychoanalysis and Clinical Psychology ,
Graduate School of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University

2001.4-2010.3

Concurrent Professor of Medical Communication,
Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University

2010.4

Professor Emeritus, Kyushu University

2010.4

Invited Professor, Hakuoh University

2011.4

Visiting Professor, ICU

2013.4

Vicepresident, Hakuoh University

2021.4-present

President, Hakuoh University

Award

1988.12

Tokyo Marine Kagami Memorial Foundation
Award for Literary Excellence　(“Kokoro no Shoka to Haisetsu”)

2004.10

Japan Psychoanalytical Association
Person of Merit

2011.11

Japan Psychoanalytical Association
Association’s Award

Psychoanalytic Activities

1984-2021

training and supervising analyst at Japan Psychoanalytic Society

2006-2009

President of Japan Psycho-Analytical Association

2016-2019

President of Japan Psychoanalytic Society

■　Academic Publications in English

Article

1. Kitayama, O.: Pre-oedipal ‘taboo' in Japanese folk tragedies. International Review of Psycho-Analysis, vol.12, part 2, pp.173-186 (1985).
2. Kitayama, O.: Metaphorization-making terms. International Journal of Psycho-Analysis, vol.68, part 4, pp.499-509 (1987).
3. Kitayama, O.: The wounded caretaker and guilt. International Review of Psycho-Analysis, vol.18, part 2, pp.229-240 (1991).
4. Kitayama, O.(1997) : Amae and its hierarchy of love. Presented at American Psychoanalytic Association’s 86th Annual Meeting(1997).
5. Kitayama, O.: Transience: its beauty and danger. International Journal of Psycho-Analysis, vol.79, part 5, pp.937-950 (1998).
6. Kitayama, O.: Prohibition and transience. In: Mankind’s Oedipal Destiny, (ed. P. Harrtocollis) International Universities Press, pp. 251-269 (2000).
7. Kitayama, O.: Japanese mothers and children in pictures of the floating world; sharing the theme of transcience. In: Psychoanalysis and Art (eds. E. Blum, H. Blum, & J. Amati-Mehler) International Universities Press, pp.289-299 (2003).
8. Kitayama, O.: A Study of the “Rat Man” from a technical prospective. Japanese Contributions to Psychoanalysis, vol.2. (2007).
9. Kitayama, O.: Psychotherapy in "shame culture" from a dramatic point of view. In: Freud and the Far East (ed. S. Aktar) Jason Aronson, pp.80-104 (2009).
10. Kitayama, O.: How did the Japanese approach and “resist” psychoanalysis 80 years ago? Japanese Contributions to Psychoanalysis, vol.3, 203-214(2010).
11. Kitayama, O.: The “Japanese ways” in psychoanalysis. In:100 years of IPA (eds. P. Loewenberg & N. L. Thompson) Karnac Books, pp.402-3(2011).
12. Kitayama, O.: Psychoanalysis in "shame culture": a drama-based viewpoint. In: Psychoanalysis in Asia : China, India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan. (eds. A. Gerlach et al) Karnac, unpaged, (2013).
13. Kitayama, O.: Takeo Doi “wrestled” with Freudian psychoanalysis. Japanese Contributions to Psychoanalysis, vol.4, pp.127-141(2014).
14. Kitayama, O.(2016): On the prohibition of “Don’t look.” In: Diversity in Harmony: Insights from Psychology - Proceedings of the 31st International Congress of Psychology (ed. Shigematsu,K. et al) ,Wiley, pp.330-342 (2018) .
15. Kitayama, O.: On ambiguity appreciation. Journal of the Indian Psychoanalytical Society (SAMIKSA)(2017).
16. Kitayama, O.: Becoming a psychoanalyst: to think about the nature of jealousy. Psychoanalytic Inquiry, vol.36, pp.162-170(2017).
17. Kitayama, O.: Japanese approach and ‘resistance’ to psychoanalysis: A historical view. Presented at the 3rd IPA Asia Pacific Psychoanalytic Conference Pe-conference Symposium. (2018).
18. Kitayama, O.: Dependence and transience. Journal of The Japan Psychoanalytic Society Vol. 1, pp. 1−4 43–55 (2019).
19. Kitayama, O.: “The unstructured self,” reconsidered. (translation from Japanese) originally in Japanese Journal of Japanese Clinical Psychology. Vol. 37 No. 1, pp. 1−4 (2019).
20. Kitayama, O.: Structuring the self: stances of the mind. (translation by K.Ogomoto) originally 8th chapter of Psychology For Those Who Get Discriminated And Survive. Iwanami-s hoten(2021).
21. Kitayama, O. and Ogimoto,K. COVID-19 and Japanese tragedies: Looking forward to our happy endings. (translation from Japanese) originally in Japanese Journal of Psychotherapy (2021).
22. Kitayama, O.: Becoming drawn into a primal scene. (translation from Japanese) originally presented at the 40th annual scientific meeting of Japan Psychoanalytic Society (2022).

Book

1. Kitayama,O.：Prohibition of Don’t Look. Iwasaki Gakujutsu Shuppansha,Tokyo(2010).