Tsz Yan Elizabeth Yau, BACP

Tsz Yan Elizabeth Yau holds accreditation with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom. She is also registered as a social worker in Hong Kong and is a registered hypnotherapist on the General Hypnotherapy Register (registration no: 8964).

Her practice brings together traditional talking therapies and creative, mindful art techniques. She has worked with people affected by incarceration and reentry, substance use and mental health challenges, as well as those coping with grief, low self-esteem, anxiety, trauma and abuse. Her clinical work addresses a broad range of life stressors including relationship and family concerns, addictions, career and life transitions.

In addition to therapeutic conversation, she integrates hypnotherapy and guided creative practices into sessions. She is a Certified Zentangle Teacher (CZT#36), a Draw All You Can certified teacher, and a Certified Japanese Nagomi Art Advanced instructor, and uses these modalities alongside psychological tools to support exploration and healing. Her training also includes Enneagram facilitation through an international positive psychology programme and qualification as a Personality Dimensions level 1 facilitator.

She adapts dialogue and treatment plans to each person’s needs and collaborates with clients to find approaches that suit their goals. She welcomes clients who prefer sessions in English, Mandarin or Cantonese and accepts international clients who seek flexible therapeutic options.