Art Psychotherapist,
Nicole Lai
Getting To Know your therapist, Nicole
"It is the every small creative steps that I took in life, gradually leading me holding the mission of enriching lives through this profession..."
Nicole Lai, a UK HCPC registered art psychotherapist, graduated with her Master of Arts in Art Psychotherapy from Goldsmiths, University of London; currently a professional member of British and Hong Kong Association of art therapists. As the founder of “Healing SOULxiety”, Nicole is dedicated to provide emotional and mental health support for youths and adults, working closely with schools and organizations to promote the importance of prevention and sustainable well-being.
Holding the experiences as a graphic and floral designer, Nicole strongly believe the use and experimentation on different media or materials, can enable the discovery of a unique and personal “therapeutic language”, fostering genuine and effective way of expression, allow feelings to flow freely with less blockage, retrieving personal navigation in life with hope and faith in Self.
Being able to embrace and respond to the question of “Who am I?” with validation and clarity, is one of the important path leading to mental health and personal well-being.
Therapist's
Professional Profile
Therapist's Qualifications & Training
Postgraduate Certificate in the Therapeutic Arts
Institute For Arts in Therapy & Education (IATE, London)(Qualification awarded by University of East London)
Bachelor of Arts in Applied and Media Arts
School of Professional Education and Executive Development of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
Professor Diploma in Modern Floral Design
American Floral Art School (Hong Kong)
Graduate of Class 2012
Why REGISTERED Art Psychotherapist?
Art therapy is an established form of psychological therapy and has to be delivered by trained art therapists, with clinical experiences and an up-to-date professional registration.
● Holding Core Feelings ●
Differ from the teaching on the use of spiritual tools, art psychotherapy emphasize a lot on the psychological health & safety of service users, which is our top priority as registered art therapist, equipped with clinical experiences to offer effective containment when deep emotional materials or unconscious materialsare being unfolded.
● Instant Emotional Support ●
In art therapy, intense emotional experiences can occur. This needs a well-trained art therapist with good sense of awarness and non-judgemental attitude to provide instant psychological intervention to service users. Like any licensed doctors, a registered art therapist is responsible for supporting users on spot.
● Confidentiality and Ethics ●
A trusting therapeutic relationship is built under good sense of security. Differs from friends and family members in social settings, a registerted art therapist is bounded to hold professional boundaries for ethical practice, who ensures information and artwork will be CONFIDENTIAL*, regarless to service user's identity or status in the society.
*(Unless under clinical supervision or health and safety issue arise.)
All the above put great emphasis on "Mental Health & Safety"
as service promise @ Healing SOULxiety.
Quote @s Art Therapist:
"Your becoming a good therapist is not about putting yourself apart from the people you work with; it is about coming to know intimately their pain, their humiliation, and their ability to rise above it." (P.31)
--Catherine Hyland Moon (2002)
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與治療師直接對話，了解服務內容及自己當下的需要，以進行適切治療手法。
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