BoPo Chan

A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking, because her trust is not on the branch but on it’s own wings. Always believe in yourself.

Bopo is a Hong Kong and Canadian Certified Registered Social Work.

Bopo has a multi-cultural prospective gained from her education in Hong Kong, work in China and life living in Canada. She can speak Cantonese, Mandarin in some local dialects and English.

Bopo's education at University of HK and extensive people-oriented working years has given her a strong foundation to integrate strength-based approach and narrative therapy to provide psychotherapeutic services helping individuals, couples, and families with different relational and emotional issues. The specialization of various family modalities prepared Bopo to become a competent marital and family therapist who acknowledges the family system orientation. Bopo combines different skills, including Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Person Centre Therapy, Sex Therapy, Play and sand play therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Acceptance Commitment Therapy, Indigenous trauma-informed lens, ASSIST, Satir Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Art Therapy as well as Emotion Focused Therapy, Systemic Family Therapy in Couples/Families.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Family and couples therapy

• Grief and Loss, coping with death or terminal illness

• Stress, PTSD, anxiety, excessive worry

• Low mood and depression

• Attention, concentration, impulse control, AD/HD

• Social and emotional regulation and management

• Adaptations and life transitions

• Goal setting, planning for the future