Tsz Yan Elizabeth Yau, BACP

Tsz Yan Elizabeth Yau brings a broad and creative background to her therapeutic work, combining clinical practice with expressive arts and hypnotherapy. She is credentialed in the United Kingdom and is registered as a social worker in Hong Kong, and she has extensive experience supporting people facing complex challenges including prison inmates, ex-offenders, and individuals living with drug and mental health issues. She has also worked with people managing grief and loss, low self-esteem and anxiety, and trauma and abuse.

In addition to talking therapies, she is a registered hypnotherapist listed on the General Hypnotherapy Register (Reg no: 8964) and integrates mindful art materials into sessions. She holds certifications as a Zentangle teacher (CZT#36), a Draw All You Can certified teacher, and a Certified Japanese Nagomi Art Advanced instructor, which she uses to offer alternative routes to self-exploration and emotional processing. Her training also includes Enneagram work through the International Positive Psychological Association train the trainer programme and qualification as a Level 1 facilitator in the Personality Dimension model. She tailors dialogue and treatment plans to each person and adapts methods to meet unique needs, encouraging a collaborative and exploratory approach to change.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s experience and priorities, offering a supportive, nonjudgmental space where the therapist follows the client’s lead and helps them explore values, feelings, and goals. It is often helpful for relationship issues, low self-esteem, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns through practical exercises and structured work. CBT is commonly used for anxiety, depression, stress, and coping with difficult emotions. Hypnotherapy uses guided relaxation and focused attention to access deeper resources for change, and when integrated with talking therapy it can support issues such as anxiety, habit change, and trauma-related symptoms.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and will be collaborative. She will work with each person to assess needs, discuss goals, and tailor methods so that treatment fits individual preferences and circumstances. The aim is to choose strategies that feel effective and sustainable for the client.

Online therapy provides flexible options through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit sessions into a busy life or to access support from another location. These formats allow licensed professionals and therapists to deliver consistent care, adapt session styles, and use creative tools such as guided exercises or art prompts while maintaining connection and continuity of treatment.