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日本生まれ。1965年父親の仕事でニューヨークへ。小学校の大半を過ごした後、帰国。中学を日本で卒業。
1976年　父親の仕事でカナダのトロントの高校へ。トロント大学を卒業し、ソーシャルワーカーとなる。いのちの電話のカウンセラーを務める。
1981年　帰国後外国人および帰国子女のための Tokyo English Life Line のカウンセラーを務める。結婚。長男出産。
1988年　夫の仕事でシンガポールへ。長女出産。海外出産・子育ての調査。
1993年　帰国。1998年 Care the Worldのホームページ立ち上げ。海外出産・育児コンサルタントとして執筆、講演、メディアに出演。
2001年　夫の仕事でニューヨークへ。
2004年　コロンビア大学ソーシャルワーク大学院卒業。
2006年　障がい者施設の館長を務める。
2017年　沖縄の米空軍基地内の家族支援センターにて家庭内暴力、児童虐待ケースを扱う。
現在　カウンセラー、コンサルタント、医療通訳、著者、レクチャラーとして活躍。
会員：アメリカ心理学協会、邦人医療支援ネットワーク、ニューヨーク邦人メンタルヘルスネットワーク

Nora Kohri is an International Mental Health Counselor.
She is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) for State of Washington, Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) for state of Delaware, and a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) for state of New York.
In addition, she practices as an overseas birth and parenting consultant and launched “Care the World” website in 1998.
She is also the accomplished author of "Joy of parenting around the world", "Live Long, Healthy, and Happy", “Overseas birth”, “Raising children overseas”, “Love shouldn't hurt”, and many other publications. She has written numerous articles in magazines and newsletters.
She is an educator on topics such as “Healthy relationship”, “Anger Management”, “Parenting”, "Stress Management", "Dealing with trauma" and more.
She serves as a Certified Medical Interpreter (certified in the state of Washington) specializing in pediatrics, obstetrics gynecology, and dentistry.

Born in Japan, she was raised in New York during her childhood. She returned to Japan and completed her middle school.
During her teenage years, she moved to Toronto, Canada and was granted honors diploma in Overlea Secondary School, graduated from the University of Toronto with her Bachelor of Arts.
Upon her return to Japan, she married and gave birth to her first child.
She subsequently moved to Singapore and gave birth to her second child.
She came to New York in 2001.
She earned her Master of Science degree from Columbia University, School of Social Work, specializing in health, mental health, and disabilities.

Nora's degrees and expertise led her to numerous career opportunities, including working for the mentally and physically challenged individuals and working for the United States Air Force as a counselor for cases of domestic violence and child abuse.
She has over 40 years of experience as a mental health counselor.

Member of : American Psychological Association, Japanese Medical Support Network, Japanese Mental Health Network in New York

In her personal life, she loves the nature, and to travel the world as a missionary and explore new places. She spends half of her time in the U.S. and half in Japan.
She is a proud mother of 2 children and a grandmother of 5 grandchildren.