**Affiliation**
Associate Professor of Family Psychology, Department of Psychology and Human　Developmental Sciences, Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Nagoya University

**Employment History**
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Nagoya University, 2018
Associate Professor, Faculty of Human and Cultural Sciences, Sakushin Gakuin University, 2014

**Educational History**
Ph.D. in Education, University of Tohoku, 2014

**Research Interests**
Family psychology including groups and communities
family relations and family therapy based on systems theory and “pragmatics of human communication”
Psychological support in crisis situations such as disaster area, community, school and organization

**Recent Main Publications**
Kozuka, T. & Kumakura, S. (2017) Utilization of resources for psychosocial support: Focusing on the practice in earthquake disaster. Japanese Journal of Community Psychology, 21(1), 37-40.
Kozuka, T., Asai, K., Hiraizumi, T., Usami, T., Wakashima, K. & Hasegawa, K. (2011) An Attempt to Reconsider the Essence of Brief and Family Therapy. International Journal of Brief Therapy and Family Science, 1(1), 88-92.
Kozuka, T. (2011) Family structure and communication in adolescence: Examination with family stress. Japanese Journal of Family Psychology, 25(1), 30-44.
Kozuka, T & Wakashima, K. The typology and change of human relations based on communication patterns: From the viewpoint of “pragmatics of human communication”. Japanese Journal of Counseling Science, 42, 1-10.