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For Kids & Teens
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Parent Consultations
The teenage years can be tough on both the teen, experiencing huge amounts of hormonal and social differences, as well as the family, navigating this new chapter of life.
Growing up in Hong Kong can be highly stressful, with academic and social pressures unique to the city.
Having a therapeutic alliance to support teens through changing social dynamics and their internal understanding as identity develops and solidifies can be the support they need to thrive.
Parenting is the toughest job in the world. At certain chapters throughout our child's life there can be behavioural outbursts that are hard to manage. Understanding where your child is at developmentally and how to talk them through difficult chapters can provide parental empowerment and make home life easier.
Family Therapy
When appropriate, family and siblings sessions are also a part of the process as healing happens at home.
Ultimately, therapy is a short-term relationship to help aid the family dynamics, for life. ​Family therapy starts with creating a therapeutic goal, which is worked on as a team over the course of 1-3 months.
Through creating strategic plans and a shared emotional vocabulary of understanding, home can be a better place for all family members.
Maternal Mental Health
Matresence, the process of becoming a mother, comes with seismic shifts on multiple levels of a woman's life. The Pre-natal and Post-natal chapter is filled with changes in identity, hormones and relationships.
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Preventative planning before giving birth safeguards mental health during the post-patrum experience. Recovering from difficult birth experiences and learning new skills in the early stages of motherhood can provide integral support to recovery. Post-Partum Depression (PND) is not a black and white issue, there are many factors impacting the transitory time and most mothers will experience several symptoms in their journey of matresence.
The Treatment Process
​1. The First Session
The consultation sets the stage for the treatment process. Therapeutic goals are set and you will have a more concrete idea of what we are treating and how therapy will work. We will decide on whether a 6-8 week journey together is right for you, or if you just need counsel.
2. Therapy
Therapy sessions are typically weekly, but for those who want or need additional support, further scheduling may be added. A blend of CBT and psychodynamic tools are used in the therapy.
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3. Reflection
At around the 6-week mark, there is mutual assessment on how the treatment is progressing and whether to take a break or continue with therapy.
How I work
My approach to therapy is, first and foremost, relational. This means that the relationship between myself and the child, teen or adult I am working with provides an anchor of safety, trust, and care from which one’s inner experience can be explored.
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I am also interested in understanding your relationship to your thoughts, feelings, memories, experiences, and your world. When it comes to mental health challenges related to trauma and loss, we (understandably) struggle against our pain and the circumstances that surround it, often in an effort to banish what hurts. However, this can lead us to avoid or ignore our pain, giving us short-term relief, but potentially making us vulnerable to more enduring, long-term challenges. Using CBT, DBT and Attachment Theory principles, we create a shared understanding and coping skills to manage mental health difficulties and the storms of life.
My approach is to support you holistically in curiosity and compassion as we build a new relationship in how you relate to yourself and your loved ones.