About
Welcome.
I'm Mae-lee.
Ting 聽 is the Chinese character for listening.
Ting Space grew from a belief in listening as a quiet, careful practice: listening without rushing to fix, staying with what matters, and making space for what may need time before it can be understood.
Based in Hong Kong, I offer counselling for adults and adolescents navigating transition, identity, and belonging. My work is counselling-led and informed by ontological coaching, helping you understand the deeper patterns beneath your experiences and relate to yourself with greater clarity.
The question “Who am I?” sits at the heart of much of my work. My interest in identity and belonging is both professional and personal. As an adoptee and Adult Third Culture Kid, I bring a lived sensitivity to questions of self-understanding, place, and change.
I support people through moments when something that once felt certain begins to shift – a relationship, a role, a career, a place, or a long-held understanding of themselves, or the shifts that come with perimenopause and menopause. These experiences can bring grief, uncertainty, confusion, relief, or a sense that life no longer fits in quite the same way.
My work is counselling-led. This means we begin with emotional safety, care, and respect for your pace. Counselling offers a reflective, therapeutic space to explore emotional experience, identity, relationships, grief, uncertainty, and the experiences that have shaped you.
My background in ontological coaching adds another dimension to this process. It helps us pay attention to how language, emotion, the body, relationships, and long-held stories shape your sense of self and what feels possible. Together, this supports both deeper understanding and meaningful change.
In our work together, there is space to slow down, listen carefully to what is emerging, and begin to rebuild from a place of greater self-understanding. Clients often describe the space we share as calm and reflective – somewhere complexity can be explored without pressure to arrive at immediate answers.
Identity and life transitions
Adoption and donor-conceived identity exploration
Cross-cultural identity, TCKs, and expat life
Career change and burnout
Menopause and perimenopause
Areas of Focus
How I Think About Therapy
Therapy offers a space to pause and listen inwardly, especially when life feels uncertain, overwhelming, or difficult to name.
Significant changes can unsettle the foundations we once relied upon. When something central to our sense of self shifts or disappears, it can feel as though we are rebuilding from the ground up.
This work cannot be rushed. It requires steadiness, curiosity, and patience.
Over time, as understanding deepens, clarity begins to emerge – not necessarily as a single answer, but as a stronger internal sense of coherence, direction, and choice.
Credentials
Education & Credentials
Master of Counselling
Monash University (Australia)
Master of Teaching
The University of Melbourne (Australia)
Associate Certified Coach (ACC)
International Coaching Federation (ICF)
Professional Memberships
Member
Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA)
Member
Australian Counselling Association (ACA)
Further Training
Newfield Coach Certification Program
The Coach Partnership / Newfield, Singapore
Health Coaching Program
The Coach Partnership
My ontological coaching training informs my counselling practice, bringing attention to language, emotion, embodiment, identity, and change.
Approach
My work is counselling-led, integrating evidence-based counselling with attention to the whole person – mind, body, emotion, identity, and context.
Drawing on ontological coaching, I also attend to how language, emotion, embodiment, and ways of relating shape what feels possible.
Professional Ethos
I am committed to ethical, person-centred, and culturally responsive practice. Ongoing professional development and supervision are integral to my work, helping me remain attuned to best practice and the unique needs of each client.