Cathy CHEN

Dr. Cathy Chen obtained her Titre de Psychologue/Psychologist license in France and China .Dr. Cathy Chen graduated from The First University of Caen in Normandy, France in 2018. After completing an undergraduate course in Medical English and Applied Psychology in Southern Medical University in China in 2012, she went to France to study Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry and to learn to develop undergraduate and graduate programs of educational psychology. From 2015 to 2018, she completed her clinical psychologist training in France and obtained her Titre de Psychologue/Psychologist license in France. Later, she worked in Shenzhen Children’s Hospital and took care of adult psychological treatments in their out-of-hospital psychological clinic.

She has carried out rich scientific research projects and has plenty of experience in psychological therapy for children, adolescents and adults, with a total of 3,500 hours of psychotherapy (in China) and 765 hours (in France). She is proficient in the psychological screening and treatment of emotional disorders, interpersonal communication, learning difficulties and other problems faced by children aged 2-18. She also has experience working with adults for psychological counseling, specializing in adult mood disorders, sexual minorities (LGBTI), love and marriage counseling, etc.

Before joining Guangzhou United Family Hospital, she worked and studied abroad for 5 years, gaining 3 years of experience in a clinical psychology department of a hospital, where she was in charge of clinical and research work for ADHD preschool executive function group play therapy, as well as the clinical treatment and screening work, for children aged 3 to 18. She has worked with youth groups to carry out individual psychological treatment and family therapy, and dealt with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder and mood disorders and other psychological interventions. As the director of localized clinical and scientific research projects in China, she was responsible for the introduction process and implementation of ADHD preschool executive function group play therapy.

The theoretical background of psychotherapy is mainly psychodynamic, integrating narrative therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy, and Dr. Cathy Chen is very skilled at innovative treatments such as talk therapy, play therapy and so on.