The Rapha Foundation has specially set up an Emotional Trauma Support Hotline in response to the Tai Po fire:
2600-4288
Our team of counsellors would like to support and walk alongside residents affected by the Tai Po fire. You are welcome to contact us.
【Service Hours】
Telephone Hotline: Monday to Friday 9:00am – 6:00pm
→ 2600-4288 (All calls are strictly confidential)
WhatsApp message / voice message (any time)
→ +852 6731 5014
JUL|
HK26C04O Online Retreat
“Identity and Worth: Who Am I When Work and Roles Are No Longer Stable?”
Date / Time: 5 sessions in total
📌 Hong Kong Dates: July 5, 19 and August 1, 8, 15, 2026, mornings
Corresponding North America Dates: July 4, 18, 31 and August 7, 14, 2026, afternoons
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In an era of rapid change, work and roles are no longer stable sources of security, and our identity and worth can easily become shaken as a result. This retreat invites you to pause from the busyness of life and:
• Explore in depth the core question: “Who am I?”
• Reconnect with the inner self, emotions, and the foundation of faith
• Face the fears and unease deep within
• Identify the illusions that have shaped our false sense of identity
• Experience renewal and release of body, mind, and spirit in a safe and accepting space
• Gradually rebuild a stable identity amid uncertainty
• Rediscover inner worth and direction in God’s love and truth
Leader: Dr. Katherine Kot
Language: Sessions will be bilingual (Cantonese and Mandarin)
Content: Worship, meditative prayer, quiet reflection, small group sharing, image expression, Focusing exploration, and guided exercises
(Online retreat; Microsoft Teams will be used as the class platform)
Emotional Self-Healing – Healing Course (Mandarin) (HK111-0556L5G5O)
Purpose: This course will help you understand how your emotions operate, and how to appropriately accept, express, transform, and manage your emotions. The course includes lectures and small group sharing. Participants will need to face their inner emotional fluctuations and past experiences.
The course begins on July 3, 2026, Hong Kong Time.
5 DVD lectures 📽️
1 video conference lecture – summary
1 video conference Q&A session
🫂 4 small group discussions via video conference:
Hong Kong Time: July 11, 25 and August 8, 22, 2026, Saturday mornings
Corresponding Vancouver Time: July 10, 21 and August 7, 21, 2026, Friday afternoons
JUL|
JUN|
【June–July】Online “Emotional Experiencing Course” Workshop (Cantonese) (HK26CC01O)
Purpose: When facing certain family members, authority figures, or people who have hurt us, we naturally develop fixed response patterns. How can these be changed?
This workshop helps us become aware of the unconscious emotions within the body. These unconscious parts are often the automatic programs that control our fixed responses. Let us examine them together!
Online (open to all regions)
【Hong Kong / Macau Dates & Time】
Saturdays, mornings; 2 hours per session; 4 sessions in total
Dates: June 20, 27 and July 4, 11, 2026
<Corresponding North America Vancouver Time: June 19, 26 and July 3, 10, 2026, Fridays, 6:30–8:30pm>
The final session includes an additional 30-minute Q&A session with Dr. Kot.
JUN|
Emotional Self-Healing – Focusing Course
Online Cantonese Course (June–July) (HK101-0557L5G5O)
The Focusing Course helps participants experience emotions more deeply and become aware of how emotions affect thoughts, behavioural patterns, and bodily responses, as well as how these are closely interconnected. Through Focusing and Somatic Experiencing exercises, participants will come to understand their hidden inner emotions and needs, and learn to accept and express them.
The course begins on May 29, 2026, and includes:
📽️ 4 DVD lectures, 1 video conference lecture (summary), 1 video conference Q&A session, and
🎤 4 small group discussions via video conference
(June 5 to July 17, Hong Kong Time — Fridays, evenings)
MAY|
May “Emotion Quartet” Basic Reading Group (HK26RG01O)
【Hong Kong Time】Tuesdays, 9:00–11:00am
May 12, 19, 26 and June 2, 2026
Content: Discussion of the book Emotion Quartet
Session 1: Chapter 2, “The Function and Operation of Emotions”
Session 2: Chapter 5, “Emotional Defenses”
Session 3: Chapter 6, “Experiencing Emotions”
Session 4: Chapter 3, “Types of Emotions,” with a professional Rapha teacher answering participants’ questions
Format: Online video livestream only; no recording or replay
Language: Mandarin
Fee: HK$200
*From May 12, 2026 onwards, the registration fee will increase to HK$210.
(Overseas participants may pay online by credit card; payment will be settled in HKD.)
(This fee does not include the book.)
We hope to journey together with those who enjoy exploring inner life growth, experiencing the sorrows, anger, grief, and joys of life.
MAY|
LEVEL 5 Intimate Relationship Series ~ 502 Communication in Love (Cantonese) Course (HK502-0006L5G8O)
From “speaking” to “deep connection,” this is advanced training in communication. Communication is not merely an exchange of words, but a resonance of hearts. We will move beyond surface-level right and wrong, and explore the core of emotion in depth.
Purpose: This course is designed for participants who wish to enhance intimate relationships, family harmony, and workplace qualities. Through psychological frameworks and practical exercises, it guides you to transform conflict into opportunity, and to build love based on understanding, respect, and deep resonance.
🗓 The course runs from May 29 to August 2, 2026, Hong Kong Time, and includes:
• 5 recorded lectures
• 1 Q&A meeting
• 1 summary session
• 8 small group discussions via video conference
📱 WhatsApp enquiries: +852-6731-5014
📱 WeChat ID: RaphaHK
🔹 This is an online course, open to participants from all regions.
🔶🔶 Register online now.
MAY|
Online Live Lecture Course
LEVEL 5 Love and Marriage Series ~ 502 Communication in Love (Mandarin) LIVE (HK502-0005L5G8O)
🎊🎊 Special Offer Price 🎊🎊 Before April 3
From “speaking” to “deep connection,” this is advanced training in communication. Communication is not merely an exchange of words, but a resonance of hearts. We will move beyond surface-level right and wrong, and explore the core of emotion in depth.
Purpose: This course is designed for participants who wish to enhance intimate relationships, family harmony, and workplace qualities. Through psychological frameworks and practical exercises, it guides you to transform conflict into opportunity, and to build love based on understanding, respect, and deep resonance.
Date: The course runs from April 25 to July 12, 2026, Hong Kong Time, and includes 4 online live lectures, 1 summary session, and 8 small group discussions via video conference.
MAY|
“Emotional Experiencing Course” Workshop (Cantonese) – In Person (Hong Kong Participants Only) (HK26CC05)
Purpose: When facing certain family members, authority figures, or people who have hurt us, we naturally develop fixed response patterns. How can these be changed?
This workshop helps us become aware of the unconscious emotions within the body. These unconscious parts are often the automatic programs that control our fixed responses. Let us examine them together!
【Hong Kong Dates / Time】
Fridays, evenings; 2 hours per session; 4 sessions in total
Dates: May 15, 22, 29 and June 5, 2026, 7:45–9:45pm
Venue: Joyful Heart Counselling Centre
Room 1203, Island Beverley, 1 Great George Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
(Turn right from Causeway Bay MTR Station Exit E)
The final session includes an additional 30-minute online Q&A session with Dr. Kot.
APR|
Emotional Self-Healing – Focusing Course
Online Mandarin Course (April–June) (HK101-0554L5G5O)
Special offer period ends on or before April 2, 2026. Participants who have completed the Healing Course are encouraged to take this opportunity to register.
Purpose: The Focusing Course helps participants experience emotions more deeply and become aware of how emotions affect thoughts, behavioural patterns, and bodily responses, as well as how these are closely interconnected. Through Focusing and Somatic Experiencing exercises, participants will come to understand their hidden inner emotions and needs, and learn to accept and express them.
The course begins on April 17, 2026, and includes:
📽️ 4 DVD lectures, 1 video conference lecture (summary), 1 video conference Q&A session, and
🎤 4 small group discussions via video conference
From April 25 to June 13, Hong Kong Time — Saturdays, 9:00am–12:00pm
<Corresponding North America Vancouver Time: Fridays, 6:00–9:00pm PDT>
HK101-0506L5G5O Level 1: 101 FOCUSING COURSE (Online meetings) - finished
Aim: This course can help students to experience emotions more deeply, realize how emotions affect thoughts, behavior patterns, and body responses, and how they are closely related to each other. Through learning focusing techniques and bodily experiential exercises, students can recognize their hidden emotions and needs, and learn to accept and express them.
Classes include:
4 Live Lectures with Dr. Kot (recording will be available for students who cannot join the LIVE lecture)
5 Group Discussion meetings (Two group discussion schedules to choose from.)
Date: Apr 30 , 2022 - June 26 , 2022