Leung, Ching Wan (Gigi) 梁靜韻

Leung Ching Wan (Gigi) graduated from the School of Creative Media at the City University of Hong Kong in 2013. During her studies, she began her work at the Tung Wah Group Hospitals to promote the artistic development and rights of people with disabilities in the i-dArt. In her 5-year tenure, she was responsible for curating exhibitions and cultural activities, and teaching art courses that encourage and develop the rights of service users to participate in artistic creation. In 2018, she completed her MA in Art Psychotherapy at the Goldsmiths University of London. Currently registered as an art psychotherapist under The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) in U.K and a professional member of the British and American Association of Art Therapists. Formerly an art psychotherapist at the Clarendon SEN School, London and the women’s mental health hostel (London Cyrenians), she provided one-to-one and group services for people with Asperger's Syndrome, autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), as well as the school bullies and the victims, domestic violence and sexual assault survivors, bereaved family, ethnic minorities, people with mental illnesses, such as personality disorder, schizophrenia, depression and alcohol abuse and different disabilities. Now she is having her private practice, providing one-to-one and group services to people with dementia, Parkinson’s disease, and people with learning difficulties, Autism, ADHD and the Blind. Meanwhile, she is actively promoting the importance of mental health and art education.