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Hi, I am Sebastiana.
I support and empower my clients to better understand their internal world and discover their own pathways to wellbeing. I am committed to guiding others towards greater self-compassion, clarity, confidence and wholeness.
I am an experienced Integrative Counsellor and Internal Family Systems Therapist registered with the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP).
I am the co-founder of the social enterprise Ecotherapy East, based in Suffolk, which is committed to increasing biodiversity, creating a nature reserve on the 12-acre meadow we steward as a community. By investing in the work with me, you are also supporting the ecosystems and over 500 young trees we take care of.
I offer individual sessions for adults and adolescents (16+), drawing on my training and experience in the following modalities:
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I specialise in working with:
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Childhood trauma: emotional neglect, loss and grief, bullying, family alcoholism and addictions, adult children of emotionally immature parents, adults adopted or fostered as children
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Relationship issues and non-parenthood/childlessness
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Identity & self issues: low self worth, self-criticism, perfectionism, worthlessness and people-pleasing
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Cultural challenges: issues around multi-cultural living and being an immigrant, such as minority stress, ambiguous loss and imposter syndrome
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ecological distress - worry about climate crisis, poly-crisis and social injustice; growing our ecological self, and finding belonging and wisdom in the natural world ​​​​​​
"I have learned such a lot about myself and feel I have made good progress, thanks to you! So many things are much clearer now, and calmer. Every session has been a step forward. Even when I feared I was getting nowhere, there was always something to learn, some unexpected light shining somewhere." IFS client, 2024​​
Workshops and group and community work​​​
​IFS in Nature workshops, including therapeutic movement in nature.
