About Me
Now Accepting Counselling Clients
Dobie is currently welcoming new clients and referrals for counselling support.
Please note that her NDIS services are at full capacity at the moment.
Mental Health Clinician & Counsellor
Dobie is an Accredited Social Worker and Mental Health Clinician, grounded in over 10 years of local and international experience. Dobie's practice is shaped not only by professional training, but also by her lived experience as a migrant. Dobie understands the complexities of identity, cultural adjustment, and finding belonging in a new environment.
Fluent in Cantonese and English, and conversational Mandarin, Dobie offers a culturally sensitive and compassionate space for individuals navigating life transitions, mental distress, trauma, or relationship challenges.
Dobie integrates modernist and postmodernist theories such as Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, ACT, Emotion-Focused CBT and attachment-based practice, to create a space where clients feel heard, valued, and empowered to re-author their stories.
Her vision is to support you in a way that feels respectful, collaborative, and empowering—where you're not just heard, but deeply understood. Together, we can explore what healing and change look like for you.
Dobie holds a Bachelor of Social Science (Honours) in Applied Sociology from Hong Kong and a Master of Social Work from Australia, which included 1,000 hours of supervised placement. She has extensive professional experience across hospital acute settings, disability services, family services, community mental health, and child protection—frequently working with individuals who have experienced complex trauma, family violence, and significant life transitions.
She has experience working with clients experiencing a broad range of mental health concerns and disabilities including Depression, Anxiety, Borderline Personality Disorder, PTSD, Adjustment Disorder, Behavioural concerns/changes, Schizophrenia, Bipolar, Addiction, Suicide Ideation and self-harm, Grief, Loss and Trauma and general mental health issues.
As an independent consultant, she upholds a strong commitment to ethical, safe, and high-quality care by engaging in regular clinical supervision, ongoing training, and maintaining appropriate insurances. She also holds current police clearance, Working With Children Check, and NDIS Worker Screening clearance to ensure the highest standards of safety and accountability in her practice.
我的工作始於香港深水埗與長沙灣的基層社區，而社會學的訓練讓我學會「見樹又見森」——從個人處境理解其背後的結構力量，這成為我專業實踐的重要視角。
我其後移居澳洲，於University of South Australia修讀Master of Social Work，深入學習心理健康、輔導知識及實踐理論，體會在不同文化與社會制度下實踐的差異與可能。跨文化的經驗讓我更敏銳於文化身份、自我價值與移民適應等議題，並致力為多元文化背景人士提供適切的支持。
早在2017-2018年，我修讀由台灣導師教授、為期兩年的敘事治療初階與進階課程，深受「外化對話」、「解構」與「似無還有」（absent but implicit）等理念啟發，持續將敘事取向與以解決為本、依附理論、創傷知情等方法融合於實務中。敘事治療為見樹又見森的實踐框架有了可以延續的小徑，更貼近我認為合適的介入導向，讓人找回自己獨一無二的自我詮釋權，步向一條鼓勵重新詮釋與重拾自主的道路。
我深信，輔導與社會工作並非一份只符合制度期望的專業，而是要學習游走在框架之間，仍然持續倒空、反思，以致輔導與社會工作者能立志成為生命故事的整理者、關懷者。
願在這片森林中，在故事的轉角處，我能陪你尋找光的方向。
Acknowledgement
Trees in Forest Counselling and Social Work Services acknowledges the traditional custodians of this beautiful land
which we are privileged to work and live on and we pay our respect to elders past, present and emerging.