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COLLABORATIONS
We work alongside different teams and organisations to advance mental health advocacy, trauma-informed practice, research and public education. Through every collaboration, we hope to translate mental health knowledge into meaningful change, fostering greater safety, dignity and connection.
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Collaborative Projects
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Organised by the Diversity & Well-being Laboratory, Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Birth to Work is a Hong Kong-based research and action project funded by the Chow Tai Fook Charity Foundation and the Foundations Consortium. The project seeks to understand the mental health journeys of children, adolescents and young people as they grow up and transition into the workplace, with the aim of driving long-term improvements in Hong Kong’s youth mental health ecosystem.
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Organised by SONOVA, co-developed with the Hong Kong Playground Association, and co-organised in partnership with Every Life Is A Song, KKBOX and StoryTaler.
With the generous support of Swire Trust
We are delighted to have been invited by SONOVA to become a partner of the 2025–2026 "We are newbies (我們都在練習人生)" School Programme. The programme brings together Cantopop and Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), using Cantonese popular music as a bridge for emotional connection. Through music, students are encouraged to explore their emotions and develop a deeper understanding of themselves and others, while schools are supported in fostering a culture of empathy, care and connection that promotes students’ emotional well-being and growth.
StoryTaler serves as an independent consultant to the programme, providing professional input on research design and programme development, as well as coordinating research activities and communication among project partners. We also invited Dr Alan Tong to serve as Principal Investigator, leading the research to examine the programme’s effectiveness and participants’ experiences, with findings informing its ongoing development and refinement.
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Image courtesy of SONOVA and the "We are newbies (我們都在練習人生)" School Cantopop Social and Emotional Learning Programme.
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A project supported by the “Journey of the Heart and Mind: A New Beginning” Charity Initiative, jointly organised by HSBC Global Private Banking and Asian Charity Services
With the generous support of BPEA Baring Private Equity Asia, the Koo Foundation, and an anonymous donor
We were delighted to be invited by SLCO Community Resources to jointly develop Hong Kong’s first interdisciplinary, sign bilingual mental health service model, providing more accessible and appropriate mental health support for congenitally Deaf young people and adults who communicate through spoken language or sign language.
During the development of the service, StoryTaler facilitators delivered four psychoeducational group programmes covering:
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Living with Emotions,
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Coping with Stress,
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Sleep Health, and
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Positive Psycholog
We also provided storytelling training to support Deaf people and their family members in sharing their lived experiences through the “Listen to Deaf People’s Stories” initiative, alongside professional seminars introducing the service model and raising public awareness of Deaf people’s mental health needs.
StoryTaler’s registered clinical psychologists also provided individual psychological assessment and group psychological therapy for Deaf people and their family members.
Phase One
In the first phase, StoryTaler worked to promote Deaf mental health and well-being through three key areas:
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Developing an accessible mental health information website, with content presented in both Hong Kong Sign Language (HKSL) and written Chinese;
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Delivering mental health workshops for Deaf and hard-of-hearing people; and
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Providing Deaf cultural awareness workshops for mental health professionals.
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Phase Two
Positive feedback from both Deaf and hearing participants highlighted a growing interest among mental health professionals in learning sign language more systematically, so that they could better communicate with and support Deaf people in their professional practice.
Building on these needs and experiences, the second phase expanded the project in two areas:
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Developing an online Hong Kong Sign Language course tailored to therapeutic and counselling contexts for mental health professionals; and
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Expanding the existing mental health information website with 20 additional mental health concepts, explained in both Hong Kong Sign Language and written Chinese.
Featured in the Media (Chinese only):
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"Mental Health Services for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing People: A Guide for Professionals"
The “Touching the Heart” Deaf Mental Health Project brought together clinical psychologists, sign language interpreters and social service professionals, drawing on two years of research and practical experience to develop Mental Health Services for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing People: A Guide for Professionals.
The guide supports professionals in understanding the cultural and communication needs of Deaf and hard-of-hearing people, while offering practical guidance on service delivery — including the arrangement of therapeutic settings, the use of Hong Kong Sign Language (HKSL), and effective collaboration with sign language interpreters — to promote mental health services that are more appropriate and trauma-informed.
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The Jockey Club TourHeart Project and its extended Jockey Club TourHeart+ Project form Hong Kong’s first online mental health platform to adopt a stepped-care model, offering different levels of mental health support for working adults. The projects help individuals better understand their mental health needs, prevent and alleviate common emotional difficulties, while promoting a workplace culture that places greater value on employee mental health and well-being.
Through the Jockey Club TourHeart+ Project, StoryTaler brought mental health knowledge into the community and workplace through exhibitions, workshops and public engagement activities. Our involvement included:
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“AC-COM-PA-NY” exhibition,
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TourHeart Storytelling Day,
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Workshops “Companionship Through Cooking”
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Workshops “Why is burnout prevalent in fresh graduates”,
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Opening Ceremony.
Together, these activities reached over 10,000 attendees.
As the project evolved into Jockey Club TourHeart+ Project, StoryTaler’s role expanded to include professional consultancy and content development. We provide professional input on mental health, develop programme and activity content, and produce a series of mental health videos and audio resources for project members. Through workshops, therapeutic groups and thematic talks, we continue to translate mental health knowledge into practical resources that connect with people’s everyday lives.
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We were delighted to be invited by the Ho Yuk Ching Educational Psychology Service Centre of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals to co-organise the “BOND” School Mental Health Programme. Built around the four core elements of BONDING — Being, Open, Not-knowing and Deep-listening — the programme supported secondary school students in learning how to build deeper connections with themselves and those around them, while bringing a culture of care and listening into their schools.
In 2021, StoryTaler’s registered clinical psychologists and storytellers with lived experience of mental health challenges co-designed and facilitated a six-session training programme alongside social workers, bringing together professional knowledge and lived experience throughout the learning process. We also contributed to the programme’s visual and learning materials, including calendars, training resources and illustrations, extending the principles of BONDING into students’ everyday lives.
Following the training, participating students turned their learning into action by designing and organising mental health exhibitions across different schools. Through these initiatives, they shared messages about connection, listening and mental health with their peers and teachers, contributing to a more caring and connected school culture.
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We were delighted to be invited by iBakery, a social enterprise of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, to collaborate on a series of four cookie package designs, bringing together storytelling, illustration and food to share a little support and connection through an everyday gift.
StoryTaler developed stories and reflective prompts around four themes — gentleness, courage, perseverance and humour — inviting people to rediscover ways of offering comfort and support to themselves and those around them, both in everyday life and in moments of uncertainty and change.
A gift for others, and for ourselves too.
The four stories explore these themes from different perspectives: (Chinese only):
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Image courtesy of the iBakery website.