Celebrate our 10th Anniversary!

Celebrate our 10th Anniversary!

From the President

Dr. Joyce MOK Wing Si, Founding President

We can hardly believe that it has already been over 10 years since we first envisioned bringing together a group of professionals interested in working with young children to form an association. It feels like just yesterday that we gathered to share our visions and passions. At that time, we knew we lacked strong support — whether in terms of manpower, financial resources, or academic backing. Yet, once we committed to moving forward, it seemed “little angels” began to appear— there have been various forms of assistance from longtime acquaintances and new connections. Our Association was then formed in December 2014 while our Inaugural Ceremony was hosted in November 2015.

Over the past decade, we have dedicated much of our energy to organizing training programs aimed at enhancing our professionals' knowledge of infant mental health (IMH). We are privileged to have hosted trainings and seminars from international IMH leaders, including Campbell Paul, Kevin Nugent, Bert Powell, Neil Boris, Glen Cooper, Susan Bögels, Joy Osofsky, Arietta Slade, Regina Pally, Megan Chapman and Bridget Jordon, all of whom have made extraordinary contributions to the development of IMH in Hong Kong. Thank you for their continued support. We especially appreciate the celebration messages we received from Campbell, Joy, and Neil during our 10th anniversary.   

A/Professor Campbell PAUL, Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne. He has been our Association’s Honorary Advisor since its inception.

Joy D. OSOFSKY, Ph.D, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana. She is our Child-Parent Psychotherapy trainer. (Message)…

Dr. Neil BORIS, Circle of Security International. He came to Hong Kong to deliver COSP training in 2018 and 2024.

Besides, we want to extend my heartfelt appreciation to our Honorary Legal Advisor, Henry Cheung for his unwavering support throughout our journey. We also wish to acknowledge our current and past Executive Committee members — Francis Ip, Cheung Ching Ng, Miranda HS Leung, Miranda MM Leung, Kwok Hang Chung, Raymond Chan, Iris Wong, Nicky Yu, and Gemini Cheung. Without their steadfast commitment to HKAIMH, our Association would not be where it is today. My gratitude is also extended to our members for their presence and invaluable support of our work all along. Thank you to some members for sharing their ideas and sending in their celebration messages! We’re thrilled to dive into the inspiring messages they’ve shared. 

Ms. Francis IP, our Honorary Secretary

Time flies. It’s already 10 years before one realized. I still have the vivid memories of how some of us working in the child health & mental health field talked about establishing an association for infant and early child mental health after a talk, then how Joyce convened a group of interested professionals to put our heads together at a dinner occasion and founded the HKAIMH (more)…

Dr. Karen TSO, our life member

The road to support infant and early childhood mental health is not easy. It requires the consorted efforts from all professionals working with children and families. Understanding of early child development and role of parenting form the back bones in the design and provision of evidence based services to foster the physical and mental wellbeing of children.  (more)…

Celebrate Our 10th Anniversary!

To commemorate this milestone, we've designed a special 10th Anniversary logo featured on a collection of downloadable WhatsApp stickers and our limited-edition cooling towel.

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Celebrate Our 10th Anniversary!

Besides, we've also hosted a sharing session with our Honorary Advisor, A/P Campbell Paul, and participated in various symposiums to share the IMH messages.

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The 10th anniversary marks a significant milestone in our IMH journey. Let’s continue to collaborate for the benefit of young people and those in need in the decades to come!

Sincerely,

Joyce.