Clinical Psychologist

Melody is a Clinical Psychologist and an Associate Fellow of the Division of Clinical Psychology of the Hong Kong Psychological Society. She has over 10 years of clinical experience conducting assessment, diagnosis and psychotherapy for children and adolescents. She works with children with a range of developmental and emotional problems, including autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, specific learning disabilities, anxiety, depression, oppositional defiant disorder, and developmental trauma, and partners with parents and schools to effectively support children’s needs in different environments. She has experience serving in a local non-governmental organization (NGO). Her time in NGO has allowed her to work closely with local preschools, primary schools and secondary schools in providing both individual and group interventions for students, as well as training and consultations for teachers, school staff, and parents. She is a certified provider of PEERS social skills intervention for adolescents and young adults, as well as a certified facilitator of the Circle of Security Parenting program.

Growing up in Toronto, Canada, as well as Hong Kong, Melody is fluent in both English and Cantonese. She utilizes client-centred and play-based approaches in developing an accepting, empathetic, and genuine relationship with clients in therapy sessions. She employs evidence-based interventions and is particularly experienced in the use of cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to help children and adolescents cope with a range of emotional disorders, as well as behavioural interventions and parent training for children with developmental disabilities. By including family members in therapy, she hopes that parents can gain an understanding of the psychological needs of their child and feel empowered to take an active role in supporting their child’s development.

“When we open our hearts to understand, we will find that we are more alike than we are different.”