Meet the team - our practitioners

Jackie Greenwood

Jackie is the Lead Practitioner with Phoenix Practice, Hong Kong. She is a qualified and experienced child and adolescent family social worker from the UK. She obtained her MA in Social Work from the University of Hull, England in 1996. She also holds a Master in Counselling (High Distinction) and is an Associate Fellow of the Hong Kong Professional Counselling Association and a Member of the American School Counsellors Association.

Jackie has, for the past 16 years, worked professionally with children, young people and their families, predominantly in mental health. She is a qualified and experienced Practice Teacher and Supervisor for social work and counselling students, and holds a Diploma in Supervisory Studies. Jackie is an approved Practice Supervisor for counselling students from Monash University, Australia. Jackie is a member of the UK Solution Focused Practitioners Association.

Over the years, Jackie has received extensive postgraduate training in cognitive behavioral therapy, solution focused therapy, Acceptance Commitment Therapy, trauma and crisis, and narrative therapy. Jackie uses an integrative approach to counselling; adopting an approach that is evidence based and values the individual needs of the client. Jackie is actively engaged in developing an integration of CBT with ACT, and predominantly works within this framework. Since 2003 Jackie has developed and provided a comprehensive school counselling service across five International Schools in Hong Kong.

Jackie can provide individual counselling, group work for young people, family support and parent education. Her specialist areas of interest are depression, anxiety including school phobia, cyber addiction and bullying, self - harm and teen risk taking behavior, and peer mentoring. Over the years, Jackie has facilated training for parents, teachers and allied professionals in child and adolescent issues, child protection, mental health and counselling and intervention skills. Jackie also has many years of experience in the UK, Brunei and in Hong Kong of undertaking family assessments for child care proceedings, including reporting to court as a child care expert, adoption and fertility counselling.

Jan Beasley

Jan is a Person Centered Counsellor trained in the United Kingdom. After completing her counselling qualifications she worked in a hospice as a bereavement counsellor, had a small private practice, participated in a post-natal depression support group and tutored an entry level counselling course at a UK adult education college.

Now based in Hong Kong she works with Adults in private practice, in senior school with adolescents, and is currently half way through her training as an Imago relationship therapist. With an interest in differences and change, it was a natural progression to develop an interest in cross culture communication. To feed this interest she spent part of last summer at the Summer Institute of Cultural Communication in Portland Oregon USA, completing a foundation in Intercultural Communication and a critical briefing of China.

Jan delivers cross culture training for Intercultural training companies helping young people adapt to new surroundings, deal with transitions and become cross culturally competent.

Larissa Kirpichnikov

Larissa Kirpichnikov is a Registered Psychologist in Australia. She has a B.Sc (Hons.) in Psychology from the University of Sydney in Australia, and a Masters of Counselling from Monash University in Australia. She is also a member of the Australian Psychological Society.

Larissa has worked as a Consultant Psychologist in counselling centres and organisations for over 11 years. She has experience in a number of techniques which include; solution focused counselling, crisis counselling, addiction counselling, motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioural therapy, cognitive reframing and psycho-educational techniques.

Larissa can provide individual, group, family and couples therapy. Her areas of specialist interest are depression, anxiety, addiction, relationships, eating disorders, self harm, anger management, effective communication, self image, cultural and relocation adjustments and goal planning.

Larissa is also a qualified workplace trainer in Australia and has experience in training and development, psychological assessment and career transition. Larissa is currently undergoing training to become an accredited Imago Relationship Therapist.

Claudia Otto

Claudia Otto is a freelance Psychologist and Psychodrama-Therapist working in Hong Kong. She is offering individual and group therapy, family therapy, Autogenic Training and Further Education Program Psychodrama in English and German.

Claudia Otto used to work in a clinic for psychotherapy and psychosomatic disorders for adults in Southern Germany for 6 years. Her main focuses were psychodynamic oriented Individual Therapy, psychoanalytic oriented Group Therapy, Pain Treatment Program with Psychodrama, Couple Therapy, Relaxation Programs (Autogenic Training, Progressive Muscle Relaxation) and psychological Testing. Her clients have a variety of disorders such as Somatoform Pain Disorders, Somatisation Disorder, Affective Disorders, Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Eating Disorders and Personality Disorders. Claudia used to work in a multi-cultural environment as she worked with colleagues and clients from different countries, e.g. Europe, South America, Korea.

Claudia is a registered Psychologist in Hong Kong and an Associate Fellow of the Hong Kong Psychological Society. She is a member of Professional Association of German Psychologists (BdP), German Professional Association of Psychodrama-Therapists (DFP e.V.) and German working team for group psychotherapy and group dynamics (DAGG).