Heide is a certified parenting coach in Parent Effectiveness Training and Mindful Parenting methods, and a certified mindfulness trainer. She regularly designs and leads mindful parenting, resilience and emotional regulation workshops for parents and educators in international schools and community settings across Hong Kong. Her clinical approach integrates person‑centred therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), family therapy, group therapy, solution‑focused work, motivational interviewing and mindfulness‑based practices, with an emphasis on practical tools that fit into real family life.

Before moving into counselling, Heide practised law for over a decade. She has completed her Master of Social Sciences in Counselling at The University of Hong Kong, where she specialised in play, family, and group therapy. She has further undertaken specialist training in mindfulness, child behaviour and mental health, and positive psychology at the University of Oxford, Stanford University, and the University of California, Berkeley.

• Psychological Counseling

• Parent Coaching

As a mother of three young children, she combines professional training with lived experience to support families with warmth, clarity and a non‑judgmental, strengths‑based approach.

Certification - Mindfulness
University of Oxford

Certification - Child Development Stanford University

Certification - Positive Psychology
UC Berkeley

Certified Parenting Coach in Parent Effectiveness Training and Mindful Parenting methods

Certified Mindfulness Trainer (Mindfulness‑Based Cognitive Therapy for Life
University of Oxford

Clinical training in play therapy, family therapy and group therapy
HKU Master of Social Sciences in Counselling specialization

Experience in play‑based and family‑focused counselling for children, teens and parents

Attorney at Law
New York State Bar

Master’s in Social Sciences (Counselling)
University of Hong Kong

LL.B.
Law, Durham University

LL.M. Law
Duke University

Mindfulness Teachers Training in Mindfulness‑Based Cognitive Therapy for Life
University of Oxford

Child Development: Behaviour and Mental Health
Stanford University

Positive Psychology & Evidence‑Based Transformative Practice
University of California, Berkeley