The Counselling Unit is co-organized by the BSocSc (Counsel) and MSocSc (Counsel) programmes, which enable the sharing of knowledge and skills through practice.
Our mission is to facilitate counselling trainees’ learning through practice and to address the importance of theory, research, and ethical practice. The Unit provides multilingual counselling services to the Hong Kong communities at an affordable cost in order to provide help to people in need of emotional and mental health support.
Through offering high-quality counselling services to the community, we wish to promote help-seeking behaviours among the general public for counselling services through an established platform with members of diverse expertise. Our teachers and trainees are from the programs of the Master of Social Sciences in Counselling and the Bachelor of Social Sciences, consisting of counsellors, family therapists, psychotherapists, play therapists, hypnotherapists and social workers.
We are a team of multidisciplinary practitioners from the Department of Social Work and Social Administration (SWSA), at The University of Hong Kong (HKU). Our teachers and trainees are from the programs of the Master of Social Sciences in Counselling and the Bachelor of Social Sciences in Counselling, consisting of counsellors, family therapists, psychotherapists, play therapists, hypnotherapists and social workers.
Counselling in the Counselling Unit is designed to assist clients with personal and social concerns.
Counsellor assists clients with emotional issues, including stress, anxiety, depression, loss and grief, relationship conflicts, sexuality, drug/alcohol abuse, life decisions, and so on. The process is to identify, clarify, and become proactive regarding the problems clients are facing.
Counsellor works together with the client on challenges including education/academic problems, career development, retirement, and so forth, to promote personal growth and development. Client will participate proactively in the process includeing evaluation of life, goals, and tools/choices clients’ assembled to proceed in life.
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The counsellor can provide facilitation to assist people who struggle with similar concerns and challenges to learn and explore new ways of tackling their issues. Topics that might be covered in group counselling might include personal/social, academic, lifespan challenges, career development, and so on.
Sharing of knowledge and skills through practice
(852) 3917 2094
(852) 2858 7604
counselling_unit@hku.hk
Address
Practice Centre, 4/F , The Jockey Club Tower, The Centennial Campus, HKU, HK
Service hours
Tuesday & Thursday : 5:30 PM – 9:30 PM
(Last Appointment starts at 8:30 PM)
Saturday : 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
(Last Appointment starts at 4:00 PM)