Dr Lit Siu Wai has been teaching in the Department of Applied Social Sciences of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University for around 15 years before she changed to work in SAO (Counselling and Wellness Section) of PolyU in the past 8 years. Dr Lit used to teach social work theory and practice subjects with major focus on individual and families. She is now the Principal Clinical Associate of APSS.

Dr Lit has over two decades of experience as a registered social worker who has been working in various social work settings with different service user groups such as youth outreaching, mental health, ex-offenders and persons with hearing impairment. She is a narrative practitioner who learnt Narrative Therapy from Michael White, the founder, and has been practicing Narrative Therapy for more than 20 years. She has abundant practice experiences in using Narrative Therapy with different groups of people such as people suffering from mental health problems, patients with terminal illness, mothers of children with special educational needs and youth etc. She also uses NarraDrama in her practice and provides trainings and supervisions on Narrative Therapy to social workers of NGOs. In recent years, Dr Lit also practices Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy and would like to have an integration of the two therapies.

• PhD in Social Work, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Master of Social Work, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Master of Narrative and Community Work, The University of Melbourne

Registered Social Worker of the Hong Kong Social Workers Registration Board

Certified Clinical Supervisor  of the Hong Kong Marriage and Family Therapy Association (HKMFTA)

Certified Counsellor and Approved Supervisor of the Hong Kong Professional Counselling Association