Psychotherapy as Education, Education as Psychotherapy

Dr Chan was trained in the dialogue between person-centred and psychodynamic approaches to psychotherapy. She has also innovated a collaborative writing approach through imaginal dialogue as a creative inquiry and therapy. 

Dr Chan is experienced in working with adult clients and teenagers who experience the following mental health related issues and conditions:

• Anxiety, fear, obsessive thoughts and behaviours
• Chronic and/ critical illness (such as cancer, disability) 
• Caretaking of people with medical conditions
• Depressive mood
• Prolonged or complicated grief
• Relationships
• Trauma and stress
• Transition difficulty in life stages such as study, migration, retirement, aging

Through psychotherapy, clients are helped to

• reframe their current mental health challenges and distressing conditions 
• cultivate a better sense of self, acceptance and compassion
• develop appropriate coping strategies to life challenges
• move on with confidence to live a better life.  

Dr Chan has substantial experiences in conducting seminars and workshops to promote mental well-being in schools for parents, teaching staff and school leaders.

Proposed Topics

• Early detection of mental health needs of children and families
• Effective communication of emotions
• Empathic understanding of children and adolescents with mental health conditions (such as anxiety, behavioural, personality disorders, learning disabilities, mood disorders) 
• Grief counselling
• Learning adjustments
• Managing change and crisis
• Promoting mental well-being in schools
• School refusal
• Staff burnout and resilience
• Stress management