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31
Aug 2024
(Sat)

Applying Counselling Skills in Your Everyday Life

Event of
Humanities and Law Open Day (August 2024)
Subject
Social Sciences

Date & time
31Aug 2024 (Sat)14:30 - 15:30 Free
Type of Event
Hybrid (In-person & Online Attendance)
Venue
Room 302, 3/F., Admiralty Centre
Online Platform
Facebook
Speaker
  • Mr Isaac Yu (Registered Counseling Psychologist) ;
  • Dr Rosa Kwok (Programme Director, College of Humanities and Law)

Mr Isaac Yu

Mr Yu is an associate fellow and registered counselling psychologist of the Hong Kong Psychological Society. He is also the president, registered clinical supervisor and counsellor of Asian Professional Counselling and Psychology Association. He has been awarded Master of Social Sciences in Counselling Psychology with distinction by Hong Kong Shue Yan University, and has studied Family Therapy at HKU Family Institute. Upon his graduation, he has taught classes of personal growth, group counselling, abnormal psychology, social psychology, personality and individual differences, autism spectrum disorders. Mr Yu also works on research supervision and clinical supervision for local bachelor and master students. Mr. Yu specializes in analysing and solving personal, career and life issues people encounter in different life stages, and to provide comprehensive and preventive psychotherapy and counselling services with the help of psychological assessments to analyse one's talents and strengths.

Dr Rosa Kwok

Dr Rosa Kwok brings evidence-based strategies to the classroom. As a business-minded education professional with over 13 years of rigorous laboratory research training and a strong publication record in peer-reviewed psychology journals. Dr Kwok brings a unique combination of education expertise, client-facing experience, and project management insight to convey evidence-based strategies to policy makers and practitioners.

Enquiry
2975 5655 (ella.leung@hkuspace.hku.hk)
Relevant Programmes
Advanced Certificate in Counselling Advanced Certificate in Life Coaching Certificate for Module (Mindfulness-based Psychotherapy)

We all need to communicate with our family, friends and colleagues. Communication skills are vital in successfully building good interpersonal relationships. Ineffective communication can lead to many misunderstandings or disagreements. In this lecture, Mr Isaac Yu, a registered counseling psychologist, will share the key tips for effective communication. This will help you quickly grasp the skills to build connection with others easily.

Language: Cantonese