Tsz Yan Elizabeth Yau , BACP

Tsz Yan Elizabeth Yau is a UK-based therapist who combines talking therapies with creative and somatic techniques to support people facing a wide range of challenges. She is accredited with the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) and is a registered hypnotherapist on the General Hypnotherapy Register (Reg no: 8964). She has worked with people affected by substance use and mental health difficulties, as well as those navigating grief, low self-esteem, anxiety, trauma, and abuse.

Alongside conventional therapeutic dialogue, she integrates mindful art practices and creative exercises into the work, offering clients hands-on ways to explore feelings and build coping skills. Her creative qualifications include Certified Zentangle Teacher (CZT#36), Draw All You Can certified teacher, and Certified Japanese Nagomi Art Advanced instructor, which she uses when appropriate to a client’s goals.

Her training also encompasses Enneagram work through an international positive psychology train-the-trainer programme and qualification as a Personality Dimensions level 1 facilitator, providing additional lenses for self-understanding. She tailors conversation and treatment plans to each individual’s circumstances, drawing from client-centered approaches alongside cognitive and behavioral strategies and hypnotherapy techniques to support recovery and personal growth.

Approaches for Online Support and Creative Care

Client-centered therapy places the client’s experience at the heart of the process, emphasizing empathy and partnership so individuals can explore their concerns at their own pace; it is often helpful for issues like relationship difficulties, self-esteem, and life transitions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and adjusting unhelpful thought and behavior patterns, offering practical strategies for managing anxiety, depression, stress, and coping with change.

Hypnotherapy uses guided relaxation and focused attention to support behavior change, symptom management, and deeper exploration of underlying issues when appropriate to a client’s goals.

Deciding on the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to understand their needs, preferences, and goals, and together they will tailor a plan that may draw on one or more methods as the work evolves.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions are conducted - by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - making it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules or to work across locations. These options allow clients to engage in consistent care from wherever they are while maintaining continuity with a licensed professional.