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Applying Counselling Skills in Your Everyday Life
- Date & time
- 18Jan 2025 (Sat)11:30 - 12:30 Free
- Type of Event
- Hybrid (In-person & Online Attendance)
- Venue
- Room 311, 3/F., Admiralty Centre
- Online Platform
- Speaker
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- Ms Janis You (Certified Marriage and Family Therapist, Registered Counsellor) ;
- Dr Rosa Kwok (Programme Director, College of Humanities and Law)
Ms Janis You
Blending corporate leadership with mental health expertise, Janis You brings a unique perspective to psychoeducational training and executive coaching. A distinguished graduate from The University of Hong Kong with a Master's in Social Science (Counselling), she is both a Certified Marriage and Family Therapist and Certified Counsellor. Her impressive career spans over two decades in senior executive roles at global giants including McDonald's, Disney, and BNP Paribas Asset Management. Currently, as a Thrive Consultant at Guide+Thrive, she coaches professionals throughout the Asia Pacific region. Janis shares her expertise as a lecturer at HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education and through outreach activities at NGOs and schools, where she provides evidence-based solutions to support people's wellbeing.
Dr Rosa Kwok
Dr Rosa Kwok brings evidence-based strategies to the classroom. As a business-minded education professional with over 14 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 (jamie.ho@hkuspace.hku.hk)
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, Ms Janis You, a certified marriage and family therapist, will share the key tips for effective communication. This will help you quickly grasp the skills to build connection with others easily.
Language: Cantonese
