Award-winning research in family-centred Dance Movement Psychotherapy.

My PhD (University of Hong Kong, 2024) developed and evaluated Family-Centred Dance Movement Psychotherapy for autistic children, a qualitative, arts-based study, supervised by Prof. Rainbow Tin-Hung Ho. I continue this research as an Honorary Fellow at HKU’s Centre on Behavioral Health.

I am also Module Leader and Lecturer at the University of Lancashire London, teaching and supervising dissertations in mental health and wellbeing as well as health and social care. I peer-review for the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, Family Relations, and The Arts in Psychotherapy.

selected publications

Moo, J. T. N., & Ho, R. T. H. (2025). Family-centred creative arts therapies for children with autism: A configurative systematic review. Family Relations, 74(1), 412–429.

Moo, J. T. N., & Ho, R. T. H. (2023). Benefits and challenges of tele-dance movement psychotherapy with children with autism and their parents. Digital Health, 9.

Moo, J. T. N., & Ho, R. T. H. (2023). Adapting to COVID-19: Tele-Dance Movement Psychotherapy for children and adolescents with autism. In Colourful Hatchlings: Arts therapies research and practice with persons on the autism spectrum (pp. 161–181). Routledge.

Awards & Recognition

Wiley Top Cited Article Award, 2025 — Family Relations, top 10 most cited
Wiley Top Viewed Article Award, 2025 — Family Relations, top 10% most viewed
HKU SWSA Outstanding Teaching Award for Non-Professoriate Staff, 2021
HKU Postgraduate Scholarship (full scholarship), 2019–2024
CIMB Regional Scholarship (full scholarship), 2014–2016 and 2010–2011

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Full list of publications & conferences

Journal articles

Moo, J. T. N., & Ho, R. T. H. (2025). Family-centred creative arts therapies for children with autism: A configurative systematic review. Family Relations, 74(1), 412–429. Read >>

Moo, J. T. N., & Ho, R. T. H. (2023). Benefits and challenges of tele-dance movement psychotherapy with children with autism and their parents. Digital Health, 9. Read >>

Owusu, A. F. S., Abdullah, A., Pinto, G. H., Bentum, H., Moo, J. T. N., et al. (2023). Where do we go after surviving the virus? Cross-country documentary analysis of the social consequences faced by COVID-19 survivors. Community Health Equity Research & Policy, 43(3), 329–338. Read >>

Moo, J. T. N. (2020). Dance Movement Psychotherapy in Malaysia: First steps. Moving On — Dance Therapy Association Australia, 17. Read >>

Book chapter

Moo, J. T. N., & Ho, R. T. H. (2023). Adapting to COVID-19: Tele-Dance Movement Psychotherapy for children and adolescents with autism. In S. Aithal & V. Karkou (Eds.), Arts therapies research and practice with persons on the autism spectrum (pp. 161–181). Routledge. Buy Book >>

SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Moo, J. T. N. (2022). A neurodiversity approach to family-centred tele-Dance Movement Psychotherapy with children with autism: A pilot study. International Conference on Movement: Brain, Body and Cognition, La Sorbonne.

Moo, J. T. N. (2021). Benefits and challenges of family-centred tele-Dance Movement Psychotherapy with children with autism. Suzhou Expressive Arts International Conference.