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“Perhaps everything terrible is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
(R. M. Rilke)
Hi, I am Sebastiana.
I support and empower adults and adolescents to understand their internal world while finding their own unique pathways to wellbeing. I am passionate about guiding others towards greater self-compassion, confidence and balance.
I am an experienced Internal Family Systems Therapist (level 3) and Integrative Counsellor 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
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relationship difficulties
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self-criticism, perfectionism and people-pleasing
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issues around multi-cultural living and being an immigrant, such as minority stress, loss and imposter syndrome
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eco-anxiety - worry about climate crisis and injustice; growing our ecological self, and finding support in the natural world
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I also run therapeutic and personal development courses and groups:
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Ecotherapy : Mindfulness and Deep Nature Connection, Discovering Self in Nature groups
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Mindful Self-Compassion courses online or in person for adults and young people.
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"Sebastiana helped me during a particularly stressful time and gave me incredibly useful tools to cope and deal with what was going on around me. She’s gentle and empathic, and our sessions felt like a safe space to explore my inner parts, but also talk about the little difficulties of everyday life. After only a few months of therapy I feel calmer, more grounded, and confident in my abilities to heal." (previous IFS client)
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"Sebastiana created time and space to process and progress from acute experiences and return to balance, perspective and confidence. "
