Tak Tsun (Edmund) LO
Rotterdam · The Hague · Hong Kong
English and Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin)
A practicing psychologist who is also a postdoctoral researcher in the Netherlands.
Credentials
Psychologist NIP NL
Nederlands Instituut van Psychologen (NIP)Clinical Psychologist in Accredited Register HK
Department of Health, HKSAR GovernmentAssociate Fellow & Registered Clinical Psychologist HK
The Hong Kong Psychological SocietyEmotion Focused Therapist HK, NL
International Society for Emotion Focused TherapyEMDR Therapist HK
EMDR HKClinical Experience
Bon Accord Psycholoog Rotterdam, NL
Providing psychological assessment and treatment to adults in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin.
International Clinical Behavioural Services The Hague, NL
Providing psychological assessment and treatment to adults in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin.
Bon Accord Psychological Services (Hong Kong) Remote/HK
Providing psychological assessment and treatment to adults, and consultation and training to organizations.
Correctional Services Department HK
As a clinical psychologist working in a maximum security prison, I provided psychological service for local inmates and inmates with various nationalities and ethnic origins around the globe, of which around 20% of clients were non-local. Specifically, I (i) managed inmates' risks of self-harm by continued assessment, monitoring and intervention; (ii) personalized treatment for their adjustment reactions and psychopathology (e.g., depression, anxiety, and problematic anger), and (iii) conducted psychological assessments and reports for statutory requirements.
Social Welfare Department HK
As a clinical psychology trainee, I conducted intake assessments and provided supervised interventions for clients with diverse concerns, including sexual offence, intimate partner violence, and marital difficulties, and delivered group psychoeducation on emotion regulation.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital HK
As a clinical psychology trainee, I delivered psychotherapy and group interventions for acutely, chronically, and terminally ill patients. I also performed pre-operative assessments and cognitive assessments.
Queen Mary Hospital HK
As a clinical psychology trainee, I provided psychological assessments and psychotherapy for adults referred by psychiatrists, including presentations of grief, insomnia, and suspected somatization, and facilitated group CBT interventions.
Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital HK
As a clinical psychology trainee, I observed and delivered supervised assessments and psychotherapy for children and adolescents with developmental disorders, and emotional and behavioral difficulties.
Hong Kong Christian Service HK
As a clinical psychology trainee, I conducted psychological assessments and provided supervised psychotherapy for clients with emotional and behavioral difficulties in a community setting.
Education
PhD in Developmental Psychopathology NL
Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud UniversityMaster of Social Science in Clinical Psychology HK
The Chinese University of Hong KongBachelor of Social Science in Psychology HK
The Chinese University of Hong KongPublications
Loneliness and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents: A Multi-Timescale Examination
(Preprint)Feeling depressed after transient loneliness is unpleasant but common among adolescents. Fortunately, this could be part of a normal process that supports adolescents in achieving long-term social health.
View publication →Emotion Differentiation in Adolescents: Short-term Trade-offs with Regulation Variability and Emotion Intensity
Affective ScienceAlthough emotion differentiation (ED) is believed to be beneficial for mental health, it has short-term trade-offs: Heightened ED is followed by more unpleasant feelings and less changes in emotion regulation strategies.
View publication →A Theory-Informed Emotion Regulation Variability Index: Bray–Curtis Dissimilarity
EmotionIn daily life, individuals may switch from using one strategy to another to regulate their emotions. We validated that Bray-Curtis dissimilarity, an index from ecology, outperforms other commonly used indices in capturing this.
View publication →Talks & Lectures
Department of Social Work, University of Hong Kong HK
- 2026: Psychopathology in Forensic Settings
- 2024: Compassion-based Life Review Intervention
- 2024: Psychopathology in Forensic Settings
Department of Developmental Psychology, Tilburg University NL
Between moments, between emotions: how everyday (in)varying emotional processes relate to social and mental health in adolescents and young adults (Departmental Colloquium)Clinical Psychology Service, Kwai Chung Hospital HK
From Therapy to Daily Life: Capturing Emotion Dynamics with Experience Sampling MethodsThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University HK
Psychopathology in Forensic SettingsVNOP-CAS Research Days NL
Loneliness and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents: A Multi-Timescale ExaminationESM Expert Network Meeting NL
Emotion Differentiation in the daily life of AdolescentsInternational Society for Emotion Focused Therapy Conference RO
- Emotion Differentiation in the daily life of Adolescents
- A Practice-Based Pilot Research of Emotion Transitions
Society for Ambulatory Assessment Conference BE
Loneliness and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents: A Multi-Timescale Examination (Oral Presentation)Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention US
- A Theory-Informed Emotion Regulation Variability Index: Bray–Curtis Dissimilarity (Symposium)
- Emotion Differentiation in the daily life of Adolescents (Poster)