Dr. TANG P.S. Jessica

psjtang@hku.hk
(852) 3917 2072
CJT-548

Dr. TANG P.S. Jessica

Senior Lecturer

Dr. Jessica Tang is a Registered Social Worker (RSW) specialized in family and mental health services. She accomplished her MSW and PhD from The University of Hong Kong. In 2018, Jessica completed the One-Year Mindfulness Teacher Training Program grounded in the teaching of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh at Plum Village Mindfulness Academy. She is a Certified Facilitator of Compassionate Mind Training and a Certified Advanced Level Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) Facilitator. Her expertise lies in mental health recovery, strength-based counselling, narrative therapy, systemic family intervention and compassion mind development. Her research interests include compassion in higher education, mental health recovery, service user involvement, peer support services, collaborative and participatory research. She was a recipient of the HKU Faculty of Social Sciences Outstanding E-learning Awards 2019-2020. In 2023 – 2024, Jessica received a Teaching and Development Grant to launch a project Compassion in Curriculum to promote the cultivation of compassion in teaching and learning.

Externally funded research

  • Co-PI: 'Involving peer researchers in an exploratory study of trauma informed care' commissioned by New Life Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association (2019-2021).

Publications

  • Tang, J. P. S., Liu, T., Lu, S., Sing, C. Y., Sze, L. C. Y., Lum, T. Y. S., & Tse, S. (2022). “It was the deepest level of companionship”: peer-to-peer experience of supporting community-dwelling older people with depression - a qualitative study. BMC Geriatrics, 22(1), 443–443. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03121-4
  • Tang, J., Tse, S., Davidson, L., & Cheng, P. (2017). Mental health service user participation in Chinese culture: A model of independence or interdependence? Journal of Mental Health. DOI: 10.1080/09638237.2017.1417546
  • Tang, J., Tse, S., & Davidson, L. (2016). The big picture unfolds: Using photovoice to study user participation in mental health services. International Journal of Social Psychiatry. 62(8), 696-707.
  • Tang, J. & Tse, S. (2015). Examining user participation in mental health services in Hong Kong: A qualitative analysis using multiple methods. Full paper published in the Proceedings of the 16th International Mental Health Conference: Mental Health for All, 2015. Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Tse, S., Tang, J., & Kan, A. (2015). Patient involvement in mental health care: Culture, communication and caution. Health Expectations. 18(1), 3-7.

Honor (fellowship, award, honorary appointments)

  • Outstanding E-learning Awards 2019-2020, Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong.