A space to sit with who you are becoming.
About Me
I'm Mae-lee – a counsellor, ICF-certified coach, and adult adoptee, with 15 years in international education before training in counselling. My own experience of identity and belonging, shaped by adoption and by growing up in Hong Kong's international community,
is part of why I do this work.
Who I
Work With
Ting Space is a Hong Kong-based counselling practice for adults and adolescents working through identity and life transitions – whether that's a life-stage shift like a career change, burnout, or perimenopause; the challenges of growing up and preparing for what's next; or a longer-held question of identity and belonging rooted in adoption, donor conception, or growing up across cultures. Sessions run in person in Hong Kong, and online for clients located elsewhere.
Life Transitions
Life doesn't always give warning before it shifts. A relationship ends, or a career changes shape. For some, this reckoning comes with the changes of midlife – perimenopause or menopause bringing new questions, a long-held sense of self resurfacing, and finally asking who you are outside the roles you've lived by. This work makes room for that question, at your own pace, without rushing toward an answer.
Identity
For others, questions of belonging began much earlier – shaped by adoption, donor conception, or growing up across cultures, countries, or family structures different from those around you. This can mean actively working out who you are and where you belong as a teenager, or carrying those same questions quietly into adulthood. Either way, it's the ongoing work of building a grounded sense of self.
Session Details
Individual sessions, 50 minutes. In person in the Central & Western district of Hong Kong, and online for clients located elsewhere.
Pause
Therapy offers a place to slow down enough to hear yourself more clearly. We make space for what is present — thoughts, feelings, body responses, and questions that may need time and attention before they can be understood.
My Approach
Explore
Through compassionate enquiry, we explore what feels important, tender, or uncertain. Together, we pay attention to the patterns, meanings, emotions, relationships, and ways of coping that may be shaping your experience.
Choose
As patterns become clearer, there is often more room to respond with intention. This work supports you to relate to yourself differently, loosen old ways of coping, and move towards what feels more aligned with who you are becoming.