Yu Takizawa

I am a lecturer in mental health at the College of Education, Psychology & Social Work at Flinders University. I am originally from Japan and have been in Australia for over 20 years.

Before joining Flinders University, I held various teaching and research positions at the University of Southern Queensland in Australia, as well as at Tottori University, Tsukuba University, and Tsuru University in Japan. I also worked at psychology clinics, public hospitals, and high schools in Queensland, providing mental health interventions and assessments to young people and adults with a variety of mental illnesses as a clinician. I am a board member of Japanese Social-Emotional Learning Association and involved in the research of SEL programs for Japanese young people.

My primary interests revolve around Social-emotional learning, School-based mental health intervention, Digital mental health intervention, online education for mental health and educational professionals, and neuroscience-informed mental health interventions.