Dr. Janice Ka Yan CHAN

EDUCATION

• Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology (PsyD), The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Master of Social Science in Clinical Psychology (MSSc), The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Postgraduate Certificate in Psychology (PcPsych), The University of Hong Kong
• Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences and Chemistry (BA), Cornell University, USA

BIOGRAPHY

Prior to joining the faculty, Dr. Chan has practiced as a clinical psychologist in public hospitals for over 12 years. Her extensive clinical experiences include psychological assessment and treatment of children, adolescents as well as young adults with diverse clinical needs, ranging from neurodevelopmental disorders such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), to emotional and behavioural difficulties including anxiety, depression, eating disorders, trauma-related disorders, and attachment issues. Dr Chan is well-versed in a variety of evidence-based treatment approaches. She is a registered EMDR therapist, and professionally trained in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy.

As a parent herself, Dr Chan is deeply committed to supporting and empowering parents through emotion-focused and attachment-based parenting practices to strengthen parent-child attachment bonds. She is a Certified Circle of Security (COSP) Facilitator and a Tuning into Kids (TIK) Qualified Facilitator.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Chan, J. K.-Y., Cheung, T. C.-K., Chan, C.-W., Fang, F., Lai, K. Y.-C., Sun, X., O’Reilly, H., Golan, O., Allison, C., Baron-Cohen, S., & Leung, P. W.-L. (2024). Enhancing emotion recognition in young autistic children with or without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in Hong Kong using a Chinese App version of The Transporters. Autism, 28(4), 945-958. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613231187176
• Chan JKY, Leung PWL. Common outcome, different pathways: Social information-processing deficits in autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. World J Psychiatry 2022; 12(2): 286-297 [PMID: 35317342 DOI: 10.5498/wjp.v12.i2.286]
• Leung PW, Chan JK, Chen LH, Lee CC, Hung SF, Ho TP, Tang CP, Moyzis RK, Swanson JM. Family-based association study of DRD4 gene in methylphenidate-responded Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. PLoS One. 2017 Mar 10;12(3):e0173748. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173748