- CBT techniques
- Hypnotherapy options
- Mindful art methods
About Tsz
Tsz Yan Elizabeth Yau is a BACP counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with three years of counselling experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, relationship and intimacy-related issues, eating concerns, anger, career difficulties, depression and coping with life changes. Sessions are offered in English, Mandarin and Cantonese and she accepts international clients.
Her background includes earlier social work with people in criminal justice settings and with those living with drug and mental health challenges. She has supported people through grief and loss and worked with trauma and abuse. Elizabeth also uses hypnotherapy alongside talking therapies.
In sessions she draws on Client-Centred Therapy to keep conversations focused on the person’s experience. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy feature when people want practical skills for emotion regulation and behaviour change. She also offers creative methods using mindful art and drawing practices when people prefer non-verbal ways to process feelings.
Elizabeth trained in hypnotherapy and is listed on the General Hypnotherapy Register. She has additional teaching credentials in Zentangle and Nagomi art, and experience with the Enneagram and Personality Dimension tools, which she sometimes brings into work when clients want to explore personality patterns.
Her approach is collaborative and pragmatic. People can expect to talk through the problems that brought them to counselling, try straightforward skills, and use art or guided imagery if that fits. To begin, clients use the online matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting back what matters to the person. Online sessions let the counsellor follow a person’s concerns closely and respond in real time so practical steps can be worked through together. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) breaks down thoughts, emotions and behaviours into manageable parts and builds simple skills. In online work CBT can be used to practise techniques, set experiments between sessions, and review what helped or didn’t help. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) teaches emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills. Delivered remotely, DBT-style skills are suitable for people who want concrete tools to manage strong feelings. Finding the right approach is part of the process. The counsellor will talk with clients about goals, preferences and what feels most useful. Together they decide whether to focus on skills, deeper personal patterns, hypnotherapy, or creative art methods, and this can change over time. Confirm the session formats before booking as the biography does not list specific delivery methods. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling into a working day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Registered or accredited professionals can offer a mix of talking work, skills practice and guided imagery in remote sessions, which helps people try different ways of handling anger without rearranging their whole routine.Areas of expertise
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
3+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English, Mandarin, Cantonese
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of anger-related concerns does she support?
She works with anger that shows up as losing temper with close people, workplace frustration, built-up resentment, and living with someone else’s anger.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She keeps work practical and person-focused, using talk therapy alongside skills-based approaches and creative methods when helpful.
What is her clinical background and experience?
She has three years of counselling experience in the UK and earlier social work with people in criminal justice and with drug and mental health issues.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and works from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.
Can international clients work with her?
Yes, she accepts international clients.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.