Stella Sookun
Registered Member MBACP
Contact information
- Phone number
- 07715373204
Therapist - North East London
Features
Availability
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.
About me and my therapy practice
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
Practice description
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
My first session
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.
What I can help with
Abuse, Anxiety, Child related issues, Cultural issues, Eating disorders, Health related issues, Life coaching, Loss, Obsessions, OCD, Personal development, Relationships, Self-harm, Stress, Trauma, Women's issues
Types of therapy
Creative therapy, Integrative, Play therapy, Psychodynamic, Relational
Clients I work with
Adults, Children, Groups, Organisations, Young people
How I deliver therapy
Long term sessions, Long-term face-to-face work, Online therapy, Outdoor therapy, Short term sessions, Short-term face-to-face work
Languages spoken
English