Trauma-informed support for individuals, design leaders, and teams.
Helping you feel grounded and empowered — in yourself, your work, and your teams.
Cocoro Colab bridges psychotherapy, education, and design.
With training in trauma therapy and a background in service design, I help people and teams understand how human nervous systems shape the way we connect, create, and innovate.
For individuals
Emotional wellness education programs
I teach mind-body connections, emotional regulation, trauma understanding, and creating inner safety.
For design leaders
Trauma-informed Design education programs
I teach designers, researchers, and civic leaders how to incorporate trauma-informed design into their practices.
For organizations
Speaking engagements and workshops
I provide talks and workshops for organizations on emotional wellness and Trauma-informed Design online and in-person.
Trauma-informed design consultations
I support design teams and organizations with project-specific considerations to work with sensitive topics.
Hi, I’m Hitomi
I’m a licensed Psychotherapist, Service Designer, and Educator.
I help individuals, design leaders, and teams bring trauma-informed awareness and embodied presence into how they heal, create, and collaborate. My work bridges psychotherapy, education, and design, showing how human nervous systems shape the way we connect, innovate, and problem-solve.
After over a decade leading service and innovation design projects across public and private sectors, I became a psychotherapist to deepen my ability to support people in navigating complexity — whether you’re an individual on a healing journey, a designer working with sensitive topics, or a team leading change. My approach is trauma-informed, relational, and experiential, grounded in advanced clinical training and design practice.
I believe trauma shows up both personally and systemically, and that lasting change comes from cultivating safety, awareness, and care — for yourself, your work, and your communities.
I have supported design leadership at organizations like:
