Psychoeducational Assessment

Understanding Strengths and Needs

Supporting children and young people through psychologically informed assessment, consultation, psychotherapy and personalised educational recommendations.

Languages: English • Cantonese • Mandarin

Areas of Assessment and Support

  • ADHD

  • Cognitive abilities

  • Attention and memory

  • Executive functioning

  • Literacy and numeracy

  • Emotional and behavioural regulation

  • Anxiety

  • Trauma and mental health

Meet Dr Dilys C. Y. Liu

Chartered Psychologist & Psychotherapist

DILYS LIU, PsyD, MFT, CPsychol

  • Doctor of Psychology (PsyD, USA)

  • Chartered Member of the British Psychological Society (BPS)

  • BPS Qualified Test User: Educational & Forensic

  • BPS Register of Qualifications in Test Use (RQTU)

  • Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)

  • PgDip in Play Therapy (UK)

  • MA in Family Therapy (HK)

  • BSc (Hons) in Psychology (UK)

  • More about Dr Liu

Supporting students with additional needs

  • Identifying individual learning and developmental needs.

  • Understanding strengths alongside areas of difficulty.

  • Providing practical recommendations for timely support at home and school.

Understand Strengths. Unlock Potential.

Broad Screening

Explore potential learning, developmental and emotional needs to identify areas where further assessment may be helpful.

Assessment

Develop a deeper understanding of a child or young person’s cognitive abilities, learning strengths and difficulties using appropriate assessment tools and relevant background information.

Intervention Planning

Receive evidence-informed recommendations to support your child’s learning and wellbeing, with follow-up where appropriate.

Core Services

  • Understand learning strengths, difficulties and needs through:

    • Assessments of cognitive ability and educational attainment.

    • Exploration of attention, literacy, writing and executive functioning.

    • Screening for indicators of ADHD, autism, dyslexia, and other areas of need, where appropriate.

    • Reports and recommendations to inform educational support and reasonable adjustments.

  • Screening and assessment to understand psychological needs, emotional wellbeing and everyday functioning in children, young people, and their parents to inform recommendations for support.

  • A compassionate therapeutic space for children and young people experiencing anxiety and other distressing or traumatic experiences.

    Therapy may draw on sand therapy, expressive arts , play therapy, internal family systems, other compassion-based approaches, tailored to individual needs.

    • Compassion-based reflective supervision for therapists and counsellors.

    • Areas of focus include school counselling, safeguarding, play therapy, child parent relationship therapy, and behavioural approaches to supporting young children with ADHD.

Every learner deserves to be understood beyond diagnostic labels

By exploring each learner’s strengths, developmental needs and personal experiences with curiosity and compassion, I aim to provide meaningful recommendations that support learning, emotional wellbeing and positive development.