Casuarina Tham, PhD

Let me introduce myself: I am Casuarina Tham, a life coach with wide experience –and certified psychologist for Hong Kong residents. I was born in Malaysia to become fluent in five languages and familiar with English, Chinese, Indian, Malaysian, Indonesian, and native cultures. I was educated in Australia with honors and obtained advanced training in the practice of psychology. In Hong Kong I was the lone Clinical psychologist in the 2nd largest hospital and later engaged private practice with clients from a wide range of backgrounds. In the US, I continued my studies with a doctorate in consciousness studies, and I am a spouse and proud mother to children who have matured to adults.

How I work with you

No one size fits all. Everybody’s life circumstances and issues are different, I see all my clients individually. With the aid of questions, we, the client and I, determine significant life issues which we tackle in a systematic way. Together, we examine your formative experience, basic assumptions, and expectations, and how these make sense in your life. We examine your current issues and find where past meets present, and where your present path may diverge from your needs and beliefs, or those of your loved ones, or your future life. We systematically identify sore spots and find a better way.

How I can help you and yours to a better life:

• Partition your world into bite size chunks, so that the unmanageable become manageable.
• Effectively guide and nurture children
• Survive and thrive in a “me” culture.
• Adapt to US culture: Maintain personal and interpersonal harmony.
• Clarify personal and cultural misunderstanding and conflict
• Leaving your home country: What was left behind.