Stella Sookun

Availability Open: Thursdays face to face in North East London  Waltham Forest. Please do check my location and day available for support on enquiry. Online sessions also available for 16 - 28 years.

Cost per session is £80.00. 

My work as a Child and Adolescent  Therapist (6 - 28 yrs) is a practical, attachment focused, trauma informed and   creatively developed framework to specifically respond to children/young adults in times of difficulty . I really understand that some children and young adults can have big feelings or overwhelming experiences inside. Left unprocessed, experiences can impact a young person's ability to thrive or remain as socially engaged as they once were. Alongside this, changes in behaviour can also be  challenging or feel ' out of sync' with family members, peers and in the relational environment of school or university/work.

As every human being is unique and no two challenges are experienced in the same, I  aim to build relationships that seek to meet the emotional and behavioural needs of a child/ young person from where they are today.

How sessions may work:

If appropriate and of interest to a child/ young person, I can use a mixture of therapeutic invitations including;  creativity (drawing and image making)  play , talk, psycho education about our brains and bodies in distress and centrally attachment focused interventions that aim to start to support  a client's recovery within the relationships around them with themselves. All children and young people are invited to express whatever is important to them without judgement. Sessions travel at a child/ young adults  pace, as we explore experiences and the meanings of them.

 If appropriate, I can also offer school or professional link up so that the needs and safety of a child/young person is joined up and thoughts about in different ways.

 Please do visit my website for more information about;  my clinical specialism in this area, my safeguarding and confidentiality practice, and my understanding of well being and distress within a therapeutic and social framework.

Cost: £80.00 per session 

Integrative  therapy seeks to work from where a child/young adult is today. Sessions recognize strengths as well as  difficulties, seeing the whole of you. This includes supporting clients in difficulty to; 

• Understand  big or conflicting emotions
• Rediscover  social skills and self esteem
• Explore what matters  & how it matters specifically 
•  Feel safer in ones body
•  Feel less anxious/avoidant of challenges
•  Learn about your brain,  stress and how your nervous system responds to challenges  ; so you can learn to feel less out of control
• Explore relationships /family dyamics
• Explore identity in times of change
• Start to develop resilience to 'bounce back' from challenges
• Feel hopeful and motivated again 

Following an initial free telephone call/email enquiry I will;

Invite significant adults around a child  or young person ( 16 and under) to meet with me in person/online for information gathering session. This will usually run for 30 minutes and allows me to gain a deeper understanding of your child & how I can work with them. Free of charge.

If you are 18 + we will set up the work independently of parental/ carer sign off of a period of work, to include financial payment.

Young adults/persons offer: 

I have solid and robust experience of working with primary, secondary and university aged children and young people,  to include a separate specialism in working with Women and Girls who have experienced sexual violence and gendered abuse 14 - 30 years of age.

Please do get in touch so we can discuss your concerns and make a starting plan for a child/young person you in difficulty.