Wellbeing Practitioners are university graduates who have received systematic training in mental health assessment and low-intensity psychological interventions. They are supervised by clinical psychologists and provide services to individuals with mild to moderate mood distress.

The treatment typically consists of 6-8 sessions, each lasting about 45 minutes. Sessions are held weekly or bi-weekly, so the entire treatment period is approximately two to three months.

During the first consultation, the Wellbeing Practitioner will conduct a mental health assessment so that you may understand more about your mood condition. They will provide recommendations and discuss with you whether further services are needed. If appropriate, they will offer short-term, structured psychological interventions. They will use a guided self-help workbook to help you learn and apply emotional management skills in your daily life.

This service uses structured, evidence-based psychological interventions, which are different from supportive counselling. Our Wellbeing Practitioners will guide you step-by-step to understand mental health and teach you how to take care of your emotions. They use a guided self-help workbook to outline clearly the steps and teach you how to apply these skills in your daily life. In this way, you will be equipped to take care of yourself with psychological flexibility and cope with life challenges after completing the treatment.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, is an evidence-based psychotherapy which has shown effectiveness in treating various emotional distress. There are three main components in this theory: physical reaction, behaviour and cognition. Different emotions such as anger, depression or anxiety, infludence these three areas of us. Meanwhile, the three components are interrelated, thus resulting in a vicious cycle of negative emotions. CBT mainly intervene from behavioural or cognitive perspective. For instance, building adaptive ways to cope with psychological distress, reducing avoidance behaviours or absolute thinking can help breaking the vicious cycle.

Low intensity psychotherapy is designed for individuals with mild to moderate psychological distress. As fewer resources are required, usually a simpler and shorter course of therapy (around 5 to 8 sessions) is sufficient to tackle their problems. Also, low intensity psychological intervention helps in reducing the waiting time of receiving psychotherapy.

Low intensity psychological intervention is based on the principle of CBT. Unlike counseling service, the intervention emphasizes self-learning. Wellbeing Practitioners will assist you in tackling the difficulties encountered during self-practice.

The Characteristics of Low Intensity Intervention include:

• the course of intervention is shorter (around 5 to 8 sessions)

• less burden to users, shorter duration per sesion

• use non-traditional methods to communicate (e.g. phone, zoom)

• emphasize self-learning, users need to work on exercises

The practitioners of the two types of interventions receive different professional trainings. They can be applied to clients according to their needs.

Application and Withdrawal:

• Applicants can click here to register; After completing the questionnaire, our staff will contact you for further follow-up

• If participants wish to withdraw from the service, they can do so at any time by notifying our Association