Clinical Health Psychology

In the course of our lives, even the strongest amongst us may feel overwhelmed by adverse life circumstances, for example when we are diagnosed with a major illness, such as cancer, heart condition, or dementia etc. which can bring about not only loss of vital physical functions but also loss of personal competence and other adverse changes in our everyday life. Hospital stay, pains, and physical ailments bring worries, anxiety, low moods, demoralization and also preoccupation and ruminations. These in turn trigger more intense stress reactions, increased physical, emotional and mental torments if they are not timely handled. Apart from receiving effective physical treatments, acquiring skills to enhance coping and resilience in patients has been shown to have beneficial effects to the person and in reducing the cost and discomforts of any illness. Body and mind interacted and have reciprocating effects on one another. Stable and positive emotions promote positive health actions which in turn enhance the person’s overall wellbeing. 

Our Centre is staffed by experienced clinical health psychologists who have extensive clinical experiences in Hong Kong. The Centre offers clinical psychological services to work towards helping people take more adaptive perspectives of problems and difficulties that they are confronting with, and augment resilience and coping skills in those who are dealing with the challenges imposed by their illnesses and treatments or the inevitable challenges in life. Our services also include cancer-related services and other psychotherapeutic inputs to other categories of people the aims of which are to promote recovery and maintain positive emotions in the course of their treatments, boost healthy self-care behaviours, and to help build a fulfilling life despite illness. Besides, our psychologists also offer psychological, psychometric, and cognitive assessments as when the person’s condition indicated.