Dr. Lau Poh Li is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology and Counselling, Faculty of Education, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia, and a Registered Counsellor with the Board of Counsellors (Malaysia). She obtained her Bachelor of Counselling with distinction from Universiti Malaya in 2006, where she was awarded the University of Malaya Book Prize, and completed a fast-track PhD in Counselling in 2011. She completed a two-year doctoral scholarship in counselling at Indiana University Bloomington, United States (2016–2018). Dr. Lau began her academic career at Universiti Malaya in 2007 as a tutor and was appointed as a lecturer in 2011 after completing her PhD. She is Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Diponegoro (2026). Her specialization and primary research focus are in counselling, particularly in career counselling and positive psychology in counselling. She has authored over 50 scholarly publications, including articles in international journals such as Career Development Quarterly, Journal of Career Development, and British Journal of Guidance and Counselling. She has supervised 11 PhD students to completion, and her work has received over 200 citations in Scopus. Dr. Lau has served as Programme Coordinator for the Master of Professional Counselling (2024–present), the Master of Education (By Research) (2020–2024), and the Bachelor of Counselling (2014–2016; 2018–2020), where she led curriculum reviews and programme enhancement initiatives. She has