MY PROFILE

A quarter century of experiences in Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology

Registered Clinical Psychologist and Neuropsychologist in New Zealand (New Zealand Psychologists Board, Registration number: 90-05827)
Registered Psychologist (Clinical Psychology), Hong Kong Psychological Society (Registration number: 2014-583)
Named provider of neuropsychological assessment services contract of Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) of New Zealand (Provider ID number: 22BHCF)
Clinical Psychologist in Accredited Register, Hong Kong Institute of Clinical Psychologists (Registration Number: CP00412, 1 June 2022 - 31 May 2025)
Clinical Psychologist, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong West Cluster, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong (1 November 2022 - 30 November 2024)
Honorary Clinical Supervisor, Master of Social Sciences (Clinical Psychology) Programme, the University of Hong Kong (November 2022 - November 2024)
Honorary Lecturer, Department of Psychology, the University of Hong Kong (1 September 2021 - 31 December 2021; 1 September 2022 - 31 December 2022)
Honorary Co-Supervisor, Doctor of Clinical Psychology Programme, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand (February 2019 - October 2023)
Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist, Department of Neurology, Clinical Measurement Unit, Wellington Regional Hospital, New Zealand (January 2017 - January 2020)
Clinical Psychologist-in-Charge, Tung Wah Hospital, Hong Kong (December 1997 - January 2017)
Team Head (Rehab Team), Hong Kong West Cluster (Clinical Psychology Services), Hospital Authority, Hong Kong (2002-2012)
Honorary Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (2003-2009)
Honorary Clinical Supervisor, Department of Psychology, the University of Hong Kong (1998-2017)
Honorary Clinical Supervisor, Department of Psychology, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (1999-2017)
Clinical Psychologist, Social Welfare Department, Hong Kong Government (1996-1997)
Doctor of Philosophy in Neuropsychology, the University of Hong Kong (2008)
Master of Social Sciences in Clinical Psychology, the University of Hong Kong (1996)

Neurorehabilitation for acquired brain diseases and neurological diseases, such as stroke.
- Neuropsychological assessment and testing of cognitive strengths and weaknesses
- Planning for cognitive rehabilitation
- Restorative and compensatory cognitive rehabilitation, eg. cognitive retraining; application of transcranial magnetic stimulation and direct current stimulation to improve cognitive functioning
Cardiac rehabilitation, such as
- Life-style modification, e.g. diet control; weight management
- Anger management
- Treatment of cardiac-related anxiety
Neuropsychological assessment for patients with Parkinson's disease before and after deep brain stimulation
Neuropsychological assessment for patients with epilepsy before and after surgical operation
WADA assessment to identify language dominance of patients with epilepsy
Neuropsychological assessment for geriatric population to identify Mild Cognitive Impairments and/or dementia; staging of dementia; differentiation of different types of dementias
Psychological intervention to facilitate adjustment to chronic diseases, e.g. end-stage renal failure
Palliative care for people with terminal illnesses
Psychotherapy for common mental disorders, such as depression, anxiety, etc.

My work experiences in Tung Wah Hospital, Hong Kong (1997-2017)

My Work Experiences in Wellington Hospital, New Zealand (2017-2020)

· Neuropsychological assessment on cognitive, emotional and behavioural functioning to assist Neurologists to make diagnoses
· Capacity evaluation, for example, fitness to work, study and/or drive
· Patient groups I served include people with stroke, head injury or concussion, brain tumour, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, frontoemporal dementia, Lewy Body disease, Primary Progressive Aphasia, chronic use of substances, lupus, Turner's Syndrome, functional disorder or poly-symptomatic complaints, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic disorders, bipolar disorder, etc.
· Consultations to other clinical psychologists on neuropsychological assessment
· Supervision of clinical psychology trainees from Massey University
· Pre-surgery neuropsychological assessment for people with brain tumour for awake craniotomy. Planning and delivery of intra-operative tasks during surgery, and post-surgery neuropsychological assessment

My Work Experiences in Hong Kong West Cluster, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong (2022-2024)

Service development for Clinical Neuropsychology services
Neuropsychological assessment pre- and post-surgery of people with brain tumours
Neuropsychological rehabilitation with people with brain tumours and brain traumas
Conducting WADA tests for epilepsy patients to identify lateralisation of language dominance
Pre- and post-surgery neuropsychological assessment for people with brain tumour for awake craniotomy. Planning and delivery of intra-operative tasks during surgery.
Training and supervision of Clinical Psychologists