Fiona Chang – Person-Centered Expressive Arts: The Unfolding Creative Connection®

July 21, 2025

We had a wonderful presentation with Fiona Chang’s sharing of her pioneering expressive arts in Hong Kong– beginning in a hospital setting during her Master’s degree in 1994, followed by training with Natalie Rogers in Person-Centered Expressive Arts, offering trainings at universities, and applying the expressive arts in many settings for health and wellbeing. It was inspiring to listen to Fiona’s research with couples, where one person had breast cancer– and to see how the expressive arts promoted communication, healing, and positive changes. Our experience deepened as Fiona led us in a brief experiential exercise integrating Person-Centered concepts with the expressive arts. It was a truly rich experience!

A couple highlights from participants:

"The work she has done for the arts based therapy field is beautiful. The positive impact on the couples with [women who had] breast cancer resonated with me.. very powerful.."

"I loved hearing Fiona Chang's connection and learning directly from Natalie Rogers and the Creative Connection!"

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About Fiona Chang:

Fiona Chang, Ph.D., RSW, REAT, has been practicing Person-Centered Expressive Arts and Psychotherapy in a variety of settings for 30 years in Hong Kong– particularly in the oncology psychosocial field, arts-based couple groups, grief, and trauma work. She is the Founding President of the Expressive Arts Therapy Association of Hong Kong, and Vice-chairperson of “Art in Hospital”. She is currently a part-time lecturer in the social work departments of The University of Hong Kong, and The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Fiona is the former Executive Co-chair and board member of the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association (IEATA). She founded the Three-year Expressive Arts Therapy Training Program of the Centre on Behavioral Health of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) in 2011. She received the H.K. International Cancer Congress Young Investigators’ Award, Outstanding Staff Award of Hospital Authority, Distinguished Social Work Alumni of HKU, and the Shining Star Award of IEATA.