A client of mine experienced depressive mood and anxiety due to the feeling of being trapped by his current job. He worked in an upper management position in a multinational company and enjoyed high income and social status. However, he found himself having low motivation for work in recent one year after a further promotion. …
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Life is full of uncertainties and challenges that we have no complete control over them. What is the priority for us in the face of all the uncertainties and challenges?
“Who am I?” is a common question we frequently ask ourselves throughout our lives. I frequently come across adolescents, emerging adults, middle-aged adults and even elder people asking this same question without a clue how to answer it. Are we the job that we work at? Are we the appearance that others define me? Are …
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Since 1997, Hongkongers face changes in many aspects in this city. Many people asked me about the concept of identity and the issue of identity development when they think about what their fellow Hongkongers are facing. What is identity? How can we conceptualise identity development of a human being across one’s life span? As we …
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We all know that pain in our lives is inevitable, such as physical pain due to illnesses, or psychological pain in grief towards our losses. No one will deny having the experience of suffering from either physical or psychological pain. Why do some people seem so calm or accepting when experiencing the inevitable pain in …
In my clinical practice, I frequently come across clients suffering from pain without physical causes. Through thorough clinical interviews, I often find out that many of these clients suffer from Alexithymia, a difficulty in identifying and describing one’s emotions and in distinguishing different emotions from bodily sensations of emotional arousal. There are multiple factors contributing …
