Ms Au is an Art therapist registered with the UK Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and a registered professional member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP). She holds two master’s degrees, Psychology and Art therapy from the University of Derby, and has extensive clinical experience across counseling and healthcare settings in Hong Kong. Her therapeutic style is recognised for sincerity, attunement, and inclusivity, with a personalized approach that supports clients in rebuilding self-worth and reorienting their life direction. 

 

Grounded in depth psychology, she integrates evidence-based psychological approaches with the creative processes of art therapy. Working with symbols, dreams, and imagery, she helps clients identify the roots of distress, shift repetitive patterns, and cultivate inner resources to address work and family stress, interpersonal and relationship difficulties, grief counseling, childhood trauma, psychosomatic disorders, as well as mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, bipolar disorder and various phobias etc. 

 

She has served in social service organizations and schools in both the UK and Hong Kong and was among the first school-based art psychotherapist in Hong Kong, advancing school mental health provision, and gained deep insight into the psychological needs of adolescents and their families during developmental stages. These include challenges such as excessive screen time, school refusal and adaptation difficulties, as well as parent-child and peer relationship issues. Additionally, she has substantial clinical experience working with special educational need, particularly Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)—and provides individualized interventions to enhance emotion regulation, executive functioning, and social communication, alongside parent/caregiver support to promote whole-family wellbeing.

 

She currently a part time lectures at The Chinese University of Hong Kong and The Education University of Hong Kong, teaching developmental psychology and psychotherapy-related subjects. She remains actively engaged in research and professional training to keep her practice current.