Our mental health officers all hold a bachelor's degree in psychology from local or overseas. They have received professional training using "one-on-one guided therapy" based on the principles of cognitive behavioral therapy, and use low-intensity psychotherapy to deal with mild to moderate symptoms. Degree of emotional distress, such as depression and anxiety. Their main duties are to provide assessment and early intervention services to community members suffering from mild to moderate emotional distress.

The mental health officer will work with the service user to select a suitable treatment model based on the assessment results, and use "one-on-one guided treatment" to help you learn effective methods to deal with emotional distress. If the assessment results show that "high-intensity" psychological treatment is needed, we will refer the service user to relevant services or mental health professionals (such as psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, social workers) for follow-up.

Our mental health officers are different from clinical psychologists, psychiatrists and social workers in terms of academic and training background, service scope, service form, and service recipients. Here is a simple comparison:

Source of information on descriptions of clinical psychologists, psychiatrists and social workers:​Hong Kong Psychological Society

Thirty-five minutes each.

During the first interview, the mental health director will do an emotional assessment to help you better understand your emotional state, then give you advice and discuss with you whether you need further services. If appropriate, you will be provided with short-term and systematic psychological treatment, mainly through the emotional management booklet, to help you learn some emotional management skills and apply relevant skills in life.

Low-density" psychotherapy is a psychotherapy designed for people with mild to moderate emotional distress. Since they require less treatment and support, a relatively simple and short-term (about five to eight sessions) psychotherapy can effectively deal with their emotional distress. In addition, "low-intensity" psychological treatment can reduce the waiting time for people in need to receive psychological treatment and avoid the burden incurred during the waiting process.

Low-density" psychotherapy is based on the principles of cognitive behavioral therapy. It is different from general psychological counseling and focuses on independent learning. Mental health officers provide answers to the difficulties you encounter in self-help exercises.

The treatment features of "Low Density" include:

-The entire treatment period is short (about five to eight sessions)

-The burden on service users is lighter and each time required is shorter

-Meet in non-traditional ways (e.g. phone, video conference)

-Emphasis on independent learning mode, need to complete homework discussions

Service providers of "high-intensity" and "low-intensity" psychotherapy need to receive different professional training. Each has its own strengths and can be adjusted according to the needs of the client. "High-density" treatment is not necessarily more effective than "low-density" treatment. The point is that different subjects require different treatments.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a clinically proven psychological treatment that effectively deals with various emotional distress. Its therapeutic elements mainly revolve around three major areas, including: physical feelings, behavior and thoughts. Whether it’s depression, anger, or worry, they affect how we feel physically, behave, and think. At the same time, our physical feelings, behaviors and thoughts will also affect each other, and continue to form a vicious cycle, causing negative emotions to continue and evolve into emotional distress that is difficult to heal naturally. Cognitive behavioral therapy mainly intervenes from the behavioral or thought aspects, such as establishing positive and healthy ways to face emotions, reducing avoidance behaviors, or improving horny thoughts, thereby breaking the vicious cycle that continues emotional distress.

Low-intensity psychotherapy is a type of psychotherapy for people with mild to moderate emotional distress. As they require less treatment and support, a relatively simple and short-term psychotherapy (about five to eight sessions) can also effectively deal with their emotional distress. In addition, low-intensity psychotherapy can reduce the waiting time for people in need to receive psychological treatment and avoid the burden of the waiting process.

Low-Intensity Psychotherapy is based on the principles of cognitive behavioral therapy. It is different from general counseling and focuses on self-learning. The mental health director will answer the difficulties you encounter during self-learning practice.

The therapeutic features of "Low Density" include:

• The entire treatment course is shorter (about five to eight sessions)

• Less burden on service users and shorter time required for each treatment

• Meeting in non-traditional ways (e.g., phone, video conference)

• Emphasize independent learning mode, and complete assignments and discussions

If you are interested in signing up for the

1. Online registration

Please select <"One-on-one guided self-help therapy" in the

2. Telephone registration

Call 3188-2550 to register during office hours (Tuesday to Saturday, 9:30 am to 5:30 pm).

We will contact you as soon as possible after receiving your application.