Created on 10 April 2025 
Helping Skills in Everyday Life
Forum Description:
In our daily lives, we interact with various people, including teachers, classmates, new friends, and old acquaintances. They may want to communicate with us and share aspects of their lives. However, when others are feeling down and confide in us, we might feel at a loss: Should we encourage them, help them analyze their problems, provide advice to resolve the issues, or suggest seeking professional help? In this workshop, Sarah and Harold will discuss helping skills to promote communication and help you become a better listener and supporter for those around you. Learning these skills not only fosters good interpersonal relationships but also gives you a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction in the process of helping others.
This talk is highly relevant to several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular, SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being), SDG 4 (Quality Education) and SDG 16 (Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions).
Date: 28 April 2025 (Monday)
Time: 18:30 – 20:00 (GMT+8, HKT)
Venue: LT8, Yasumoto International Academic Park 2/F, CUHK
Speakers: Professor Harold Chui, Dr Sarah Luk (CUHK)
Moderator: Professor Amos Tai (CUHK)
The forum will be conducted in Cantonese.
Free admission, all are welcome.
Welcome on-site or online participation.
Limited seats available. First come, first served.
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Speakers |
Professor Harold Chui is a counselling psychologist by training. He is currently the Director of the Master of Arts in School Guidance and Counselling Programme at the Faculty of Education, CUHK. His research interests include counselling process and outcome, counsellor training and supervision, multicultural issues in counselling, and teacher and student mental health. He is a co-author of a widely used textbook in counselling, Helping Skills: Facilitating Exploration, Insight and Action. Harold is passionate about music and has been playing the piano since young. He is currently the Honorary Music Director of the Lee Woo Sing College Choir. Dr Sarah Luk is an educational psychologist who works full-time as a Professional Consultant in the Department of Educational Psychology at the Faculty of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, where she is responsible for training teachers, psychologists, counselors, and speech therapists. In her spare time, Dr Luk often goes beyond the campus to deliver lectures and talks at various schools, communities, and institutions. Her sharing cover topics such as educational psychology, supporting students with special needs, personal growth, and mental health. Dr Luk began practicing the cello in adulthood and is a book fan. |
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Moderator |
Professor Amos P. K. Tai is an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at CUHK, also serving concurrently as the Associate Director of Office of University General Education. Amos obtained his B.Sc. from MIT, Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Engineering from Harvard, and was a Croucher Postdoctoral Fellow at MIT before he joined CUHK in 2013. His research focuses on atmospheric chemistry and physics, ecoclimatology, and sustainable agriculture and forestry. Amos is also a passionate educator, having received the prestigious CUHK Vice-Chancellor Exemplary Teaching Award and Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award. Amos delights in promoting science, environmental and sustainability education for the general public, regularly giving talks in schools and public avenues and participating in many TV and radio programs. He has provided professional consulting services to various government departments, and currently serves as a Board Governor of Friends of the Earth (Hong Kong). |
Online Registration: https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=13706194
Enquiry: sdg-ouge@cuhk.edu.hk
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Forum Series 2024/25 is co-organized by the Office of University General Education, CUHK and the Hong Kong Chapter of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN Hong Kong).
