Tsz Yan Elizabeth Yau, BACP

3 years in practice

Tsz Yan Elizabeth Yau works with people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, and trauma.

License and registration

BACP: 409142 · expires July 2026
Years in practice: 3
Languages: English, Mandarin, Cantonese

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About Tsz

Tsz Yan Elizabeth Yau works with people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, and trauma. She also supports those dealing with low self-esteem, relationship and intimacy concerns, eating issues, anger, career transitions and depression. Sessions are offered in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

Elizabeth uses a conversational, person-centred style. She shapes sessions around each person’s needs and preferences. She often combines talking with creative methods such as mindful art and structured reflective exercises.

Background and approach

She trained and practised as a social worker in Hong Kong and has over ten years of professional experience working with people in challenging settings including prisons, ex-offender services and addiction and mental health support. That background informs a practical, down-to-earth approach in therapy.

Elizabeth is registered as a social worker in Hong Kong and holds BACP as a listed credential in the United Kingdom. She is also a registered hypnotherapist with the General Hypnotherapy Register and teaches mindful art practices like Zentangle and Nagomi art.

In sessions she may draw on Existential ideas about meaning and choice, Client-Centred ways of listening, and Cognitive Behavioral strategies to help manage thinking and behaviour. She tailors a plan and explores different methods such as hypnotherapy or art-based tasks when helpful. Her approach aims to be collaborative and practical.

People often leave with clearer priorities, manageable steps to try between sessions, and creative tools to help them reflect outside appointments.

Focus areas and approaches

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Online support

Approaches that suit online work and everyday life

Existential Therapy helps people look at meaning, choice and responsibility in life. It’s useful for those feeling empty, stuck, or facing major life changes and helps people consider what matters most to them.

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on empathic listening and supporting a person to find their own answers. This approach can help with self-esteem, relationship worries and adapting to change by creating a steady space to talk.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions link together. It offers practical exercises and steps to reduce anxiety, manage low mood, and change unhelpful habits.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and try methods collaboratively, matching techniques to a person’s goals and comfort. Sometimes creative tools or hypnotherapy are introduced alongside talking if they seem useful.

Online sessions make fitting therapy into life easier. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when travel is difficult. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be a shorter check-in. Live chat or text messaging suits quick reflections, journalling between appointments or people who prefer writing. These formats give flexibility and help maintain continuity of care across distances.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Elizabeth help with?

She supports people with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, relationship and family concerns, intimacy-related issues, eating and anger problems, career changes, depression and coping with life transitions.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is conversational and person-centred. She listens closely, tailors the dialogue to each person, and mixes talking with creative exercises when appropriate.

What is her background and experience?

She has over ten years of professional experience and has worked with prison inmates, ex-offenders, and people with drug and mental health issues, as well as those facing grief and loss.

What credentials and location are listed?

Her listed credentials include BACP and registration as a social worker in Hong Kong. She practises from the United Kingdom.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English, Mandarin and Cantonese, and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

Therapy can be delivered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different routines and preferences.

How does pricing and payment work?

Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

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