Tsz Yan Elizabeth Yau, BACP

3 years in practice

Tsz Yan Elizabeth Yau helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, grief and low self-esteem.

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 helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, grief and low self-esteem. She also supports people facing relationship and intimacy worries, career uncertainty, anger, eating concerns and major life changes. Elizabeth uses straightforward conversation and practical activities to help people find clearer ways forward.

Elizabeth works in a gentle, exploratory style. She listens first and then offers tools people can try between sessions. Sessions may include talking, guided exercises and creative materials when that feels helpful.

Background and approach

She adapts the pace to each person’s needs. Her background includes social work practice in Hong Kong and a variety of therapeutic approaches. She draws on Jungian ideas about meaning and symbols alongside client-centred ways of listening and cognitive methods that address unhelpful thoughts.

She can also bring in skills from dialectical thinking and existential questions about purpose. Elizabeth combines talking therapy with creative techniques such as mindful art and drawing exercises. She is a Certified Zentangle teacher and a Nagomi Art Advanced instructor, and uses these methods to help people access feelings that words might miss.

Hypnotherapy is also part of her toolkit when appropriate. She holds BACP accreditation, and has three years of documented experience in this practice context. Sessions are offered in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

Elizabeth aims to make sessions practical and easy to fit into a busy life.

Focus areas and approaches

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Approaches Tsz names

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Online support

Approach choices for online therapy

Jungian Therapy invites people to pay attention to images, dreams and symbols to find meaning in difficult experiences; it can help when someone wants to understand deeper patterns and life themes. Client-Centred Therapy places the person’s experience at the heart of sessions, with the counsellor offering attentive listening and reflection to help someone feel heard and understood. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and practising specific exercises to change mood and behaviour, which suits worries like anxiety and low mood.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The counsellor will talk about your goals and preferences and try different ways of working. That makes therapy collaborative and helps find methods that feel useful and realistic for your life.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, which gives flexibility for different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions use less data and can fit into a short break. Live chat or messaging can suit quick check-ins, written reflection or people who prefer text over speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to use approaches that match how you like to communicate.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does this counsellor support?

She supports stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, relationships and intimacy issues, eating and anger concerns, career and life changes, and related family and attachment issues.

What is her therapeutic style like?

The approach is calm and exploratory with a focus on listening first. Sessions combine talking with practical exercises and sometimes creative materials to help people reflect and practise new skills.

What experience does she bring?

She has three years of documented experience in her current practice and prior social work experience in Hong Kong working with people facing addiction, mental health and criminal justice related challenges.

What professional credentials and location are listed?

She is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and works from the United Kingdom.

Which languages are offered and can international clients join?

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

What session formats are available?

Therapy is provided via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How are fees handled?

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