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Depression is one of the most common and debilitating mental health problems in Hong Kong. An estimate of 1 in 7 people in Hong Kong will experience a common mental disorder at any given time (Mind HK: 2021). People suffer from depression are not only overwhelmed with a cluster of feelings such as sadness, anxiety, suppressed anger, discouragement, helplessness, alienation, and hopelessness, but also experience an embodiment of poor self-image, diminishing sense of identity and pessimistic worldview. People with depressive symptoms disclaim their emotions and try to stay away from their core painful emotions. This dysfunctional way to cope with the painful emotions is how depression becoming problematic. ​This workshop aims at introducing how to use a transdiagnostic emotion focused approach to work with people manifesting depressive symptoms. Most people, who suffer from mental health difficulties like depression, usually present symptomatic disturbances, such as prolonged low mood, lack in motivation, insomnia, suicidal ideation, etc. Emotion Focused Therapy is not just working on symptoms treatment or reduction of presenting symptomatic emotions, but addressing underlying feelings and needs with the goal of transforming core painful feelings. ​This workshop aims at equipping participants with practical emotion-focused intervention skills in the process of therapeutic change using transdiagnostic emotion focused case conceptualization.