Dr. Carole Li is a compassionate clinician, educator, and researcher recognized for her experience in trauma treatment and pioneering work in mindfulness-based interventions for insomnia and chronic illness.

After graduating with distinction from HKU’s clinical psychology program, Dr. Li served in the Hospital Authority at the Oasis-Centre for Personal Growth and Crisis Intervention and the Kowloon East Cluster. Her early work focused on crisis management, trauma treatment, and integrating mind-body approaches into medical settings. Seeing a profound need for tailored sleep support among cancer survivors, she completed her Doctor of Psychology focusing on mind-body interventions and CBT for insomnia in breast cancer patients.

To bring holistic, evidence-based care to her patients, Dr. Li has undertaken extensive international training in MBSR and MBCT—including at the Oxford Mindfulness Centre—and is a registered yoga teacher. She has collaborated with sleep and public health experts to develop localized mindfulness protocols, and her research has been published in esteemed journals such as Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics and Annals of Family Medicine. Passionate about public mental health, she has also co-authored two accessible self-help books on mood management.

As a Senior Lecturer and clinical supervisor at HKU, Dr. Li was widely respected for her dedication to her students. She took great care in mentoring trainees—helping them build clinical competence, emotional resilience, and strong professional ethics—while advancing a culture of supportive, high-quality clinical supervision across Hong Kong.