Dr. Brent is a registered clinical psychologist with the HKADCP and the UK’s HCPC. He works with individuals and couples by integrating evidence-based approaches including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and psychodynamic psychotherapy.

Originally from Ohio in the U.S., Dr. Brent has lived in Hong Kong since 1995. Before training as a psychologist, his first career was as a copywriter and creative director in advertising. Later, he was an assistant professor lecturing on interpersonal communications, creativity, and psychology at UOW College Hong Kong.

Dr. Brent speaks Cantonese in addition to English. 

• Anxiety, worrying, and over-thinking

• Stress and burnout

• Anger management

• Depression and low mood/motivation

• Grief

• Relationship issues, including communication, conflict resolution, and cross-cultural dynamics

• Pre-marital counseling and preparation

• Career related issues, including transitions and navigating work relationships

• Insomnia and sleeping issues

• Cultural adjustments and getting along in Hong Kong

• Adult ADHD, including diagnostic evaluations

Dr. Brent believes that everyone comes to therapy for different reasons. So, he will spend the first session or two to explore your goals for seeking therapy, and then develop a plan together for how to best help you.

We’ll work together as a team on two levels at the same time; to understand the causes of what’s bothering you, and to share practical tools to manage that. Dr. Brent’s role will be to guide and support you to figure out things as much as possible for yourself. This means he will often hold back from specific advice or direct answers, while we continue to work together as a team. He believes solutions for yourself will likely help the most when they are generated from yourself (of course, with his expert help and input throughout the process).

Dr. Brent’s style will sometimes ask you to try brief experiments or exercises during our sessions. If you can engage in these with an attitude of curiosity and willingness to “give it a try” that’s helpful. He has many ways to help, so if one thing doesn’t click, we can always rewind and try something else that might work better.

Doctor of Psychology
California School of Professional Psychology,
Clinical Psychology

Master of Psychology,
California School of Professional Psychology,
Clinical Psychology

Master of Communication,
California State Fullerton

Bachelor of Psychology,
The Ohio State University 

Registered Clinical Psychologist
(HKADCP, UK HCPC)

Executive Committee
Psychotherapy Society of Hong Kong