Dr. King Wai Leung, Frank, CPsychol, AFBPSS
Founder & Director
Chartered Psychologist & Associate Fellow
- British Psychological Society
Registered Psychologist (Counseling Psychology)
- United Kingdom Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) & Hong Kong Psychological Society
Certified Hypnotherapist
- The Professional Board of Hypnotherapy
Certified Hypnotherapist
- National Guild of Hypnotists
Associate Fellow
- Hong Kong Psychological Society
Full Member
- American Psychological Association
Life Member
- Hong Kong Mental Health Association
Member
- Hong Kong Professional Counseling Association
Registered Supervisor
- Australian Counseling Association (2014-17)
Certified Supervisor of the Division of Counseling Psychology
- Hong Kong Psychological Society
Chairperson of the Division of Counseling Psychology
- Hong Kong Psychological Society (2010-2014)
Division Head of Division of Social Sciences
- HKU SPACE Community College (2000-2019)
Principal Lecturer
- HKU SPACE Community College (2010-2023)
Honorary Associate Professor
- Centennial College (2016-2018)
Honorary Principal Lecturer
- The University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Social Sciences (2024 Feb-June)
Honorary Advisor
- Pneumoconiosis Mutual Aid Association
Honorary Consultant
- Conrad Education Centre
Life Member
- The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
Description
Dr Frank Leung is a United Kingdom Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) and Hong Kong Psychological Society Registered Counselling Psychologist, an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and Hong Kong Psychological Society, and the Chairperson of the Division of Counselling Psychology in the Hong Kong Psychological Society (2010-2014). He is also a Chartered Psychologist of the British Psychological Society, a full member of the Division of Counselling Psychology, of the British Psychological Society, a full member of the American Psychological Association, and a registered Supervisor in the Australian Counselling Association (2014-17). Dr Leung is also a certified hypnotherapist of the Professional Board of Hypnotherapy and the National Guild of Hypnotherapists. He is a life member of the Hong Kong Mental Health Association and a member of the Hong Kong Professional Counselling Association. Dr Leung earned his Doctor of Education degree from Nottingham Trent University, UK studying Adler’s Counselling theory, he got his MPhil. in psychology from the Chinese University of Hong Kong focusing on Personality Assessment and a Bachelor of Arts degree with cum laude honour in psychology at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA.
Dr Leung is the founder and director of Care & Beyond- Wellness Service Centre, was an Honorary Associate Professor at Centennial College (July 2016-July 2018), Senior Lecturer (2000-2012), Principal Lecturer (2012- Jan 2024) and Head of the Division of Social Sciences (June 2016 - June 2019) at HKU SPACE Community College. He has been teaching Psychology in local tertiary institutions for more than 30 years. He had been teaching full-time at The City University of Hong Kong for 6 years before he joined HKU SPACE Community College in the year 2000 when the college was established. He received the Outstanding Teacher Award in 2010.
Dr Leung has also given talks to primary and secondary schools, provided consultation to the mass media, and conducted training workshops for government departments, charity organizations, and commercial firms, such as Hong Kong Red Cross, The Deliveroo, Hong Kong Integrated Oncology Centre, to name a few. Training and seminars include how to deal with difficult staff, how to handle difficult customers, how to make the clinic more client-friendly, stress management, raising motivation, group dynamics, assertiveness training, child development, children's sex education, promotion to primary school preparation, positive thinking, raising self-esteem, EQ, IQ, multiple intelligence, parenting, positive psychology etc. He is a co-author of a Chinese Abnormal Psychology Text for the City University of Hong Kong and has articles published in newspapers and books. He is also the author of articles in different books like 梁經緯(1999). 思念的處理方法。載關銳煊,高劉寶慈編。《家庭危機應變手冊》,頁205-210。香港:天地圖書。梁經緯(2022). 《身份及資訊建立專家分析》及《A0的疑惑:沒有戀愛經驗的悲歌》。載香港心理學會心理學部編。《青春的歷練:二十個青少年成長的挑戰》。頁80-93; 139-155。香港: 萬里機構。He also published regularly on his Facebook. He is also a practitioner providing individual counselling as private practice and volunteer services. Psychological counselling includes personal development, personality adjustment, marital relationship, sexual relationship, life adjustment, stress and emotional management, mental health, depression, anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, psychosomatic disorders, life coaching, single parent’s children problem, parent-children relationship, parenting, pre-marital counselling etc. In 2008, during the 5.12 Sichuan earthquakes, he led a team of counselling psychologists to visit different disaster areas in Sichuan to provide counselling for earthquake victims. His act was also reported by local television - TVB Tuesday Files documentary series.
Dr Leung taught Personal Development, Mental Health, Introduction to Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Positive Psychology, Intra-and Interpersonal competencies, Developmental Psychology, Personality and Organizational Behaviour, Introduction to Counselling, Human Development and Social Environment, Introduction to Personality and Introduction to Social Psychology before in tertiary institutes.
Previous Activities
12/12/2020
“Managing parenting and your children’s development in challenging times” Conference Session for Mental Well-being Virtual Conference 2020, Impact Circle & HeartChat
17/10/2019
Talk for AIA Insurance - "迷"
16/1/2000
Newspaper Interview - "溫室小花困境難應變 專家籲勿溺愛子女"
1/12/2019
Article Written for Kowloon City Baptist Church - "愛 ‧ 你跑到哪裏?"
Summer 2019
Positive Enrichment Training Workshop, Deliveroo Customer Services
12/10/2013
Talk for HK Generation (遺傳性腸胃癌資料庫) - "尋找快樂家庭"
25-30/5/2008
Newspaper Interview - "前往四川輔導當地災民透過畫畫的形式讓災民抒發內心鬱結"
3/7/2001
Talk for SKH Chan Young Secondary School - "父母成長講座"
18/8/2021
"How to Handle Difficult Staff" Workshop for the Top Management, The Hong Kong Red Cross
19/10/2019
Talk for Choi Jun School - "提升子女的自理能力"
7/1/2019
Stress Management Training Workshop, Carrefour Global Sourcing Asia Ltd.
9/6/2001
Talk for SKH Chan Young Secondary School - "如何與子女談性"