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Psychological Crisis Intervention response to Protest Aftermath and Covid-19 Outbreak in Hong Kong

Sponsored By: Drs. Richard Charles and Esther Yewpick Lee Charitable Foundation
Project Period：10/2020 – 1/2023

Target beneficiaries:
General public affected by protest aftermath and Covid-19. Organizations/ Schools/ NGOs

Hong Kong people have faced unprecedented pressure in life, from social movements to the COVID-19 epidemic, leading to rising mental health concerns in the community. In response, we launched a mental health support and counselling program aimed at improving the overall mental well-being of the local population.

Through this program, we provided subsidized face-to-face and online counselling services, as well as organized mental health public talks, workshops, and support groups. To meet the changing mental health needs during the pandemic, we have also taken additional steps, such as filming a series of mental health short videos, increasing the provision of online counselling services, and holding various online activities to help people relieve stress and overwhelming emotions. All these efforts have provided Hong Kong people with timely support during the epidemic, helping them develop healthy self-care habits while being quarantined at home.

Project achievement:

Items	Service Details
Complimentary Counselling	With charging an administrative fee of $60 only for the first two to three sessions, this encouraged people to seek help timely. 3,146 hours of counselling for 1,548 people
Public Talks, Workshops, Support Groups	A total of 84 public talks, workshops and support groups for 2,680 people
Online Mental Health Videos	Filmed a total of 24 short mental health video clips reached 13,000 people+ Topics included stress management, facing trauma aftermath, and ways of establishing self-care habits.
Mental Health Pack	Distributed 1,000 mental health packs in 2021
Self-Created Self-Care Card Decks	Distributed 5,000 self-care card decks in 2022 illustrations by famous local illustrator dustykid.
Sharing of Mental Health Tips Online	Created a series of social media posts about mental health issues caused by the pandemic, including topics like ways of facing feelings of helplessness and fear caused by isolation, risks of getting COVID-19, and self-help tips to improve mental wellbeing at home.

Subsidized counselling during COVID

Sponsorship: The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust COVID-19 Emergency Fund (Phase II)
Project Period: 3/2022 – 8/2022

Target beneficiaries:
People who were unemployed or underemployed during pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Hong Kong's unemployment and underemployment rates continued to rise, and the high-pressure social environment caused more people to face mental health problems. In response, we launched the "Subsidized counselling during COVID" program to support individuals and families who were unemployed or underemployed due to the pandemic. Through this program, beneficiaries were able to receive 6 sessions of counselling services at our center at a subsidized rate of $30 per session. The goal was to help these individuals and families build up their psychological resilience and overcome the challenges they were facing during this difficult period.

What we have achieved:

Items	Service Details
Subsidized Counselling Services	573 counselling sessions for 120 people
Increase Public Awareness on Mental Health Online	Shared about how to deal with the pressure of being unemployed and stress managing skills in adapting a “new normal” work life on social media.
Online workshops	5 online monthly expressive arts therapy workshops on self-care and resilience against adversity. 181 participants attended in total.