Her more serious cases involve hikikomori, people who haven?t left their room for extended periods of time, and live isolated lives. According to the Japanese government, around half a million Japanese people are hikikomori. Sometimes family members of hikikomori contact Client Partners, hoping they manage to pull them out of their isolation.
?Once I received a phone call from a woman, she was concerned about her son. He was being bullied at school. For weeks, he didn?t leave his room. The only thing he did was reading cartoons.? She used their shared interest for manga to get the conversation started. ?Eventually I managed to get him outside. Now we meet every second week in public places to talk about his life.?