My Integrative Therapy London
My Integrative Therapy London
Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy in English & Spanish
Alessandra Galusso, MA, Ad. Dip, MBACP, UKCP
Welcome
Welcome
My Integrative Therapy London offers private psychotherapeutic support to children, adolescents and their families providing confidential one-to-one sessions with the child or young person, parent-child sessions and parent work sessions with parents or carers within a trauma-informed, neuro-divergent and culturally sensitive perspective.
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Integrative psychotherapy provides a relational evidence based framework to help children and young people who might be experiencing emotional, social and/or behavioural difficulties by integrating complementary psychotherapeutic approaches.
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As an integrative psychotherapist, I offer a welcoming non-judgemental environment and make use of creative therapeutic interventions to facilitate a safe exploration of your child's difficulties. I work collaboratively with parents and carers in order to bring about a holistic understanding of the young person's unique needs well as existing strengths that will promote empathy and build resilience.
If you are looking for a supportive space for your child to explore their difficulties or for yourself as a parent or carer to gain a better understanding of your child, please do not hesitate to contact me for an initial consultation free of charge.


What can integrative psychotherapy help with?



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Psychotherapy offers children and young people a safe space to express, explore and understand themselves better and process difficult experiences in a non-judgmental contained environment.
We can offer support with:
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Separations and significant life changes
Transitions ( schools, secondary school, college, university, relocation )
Cultural identity and cross cultural issues
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Symptoms of anxiety and depression
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Bereavement and loss
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Self-harm and suicidal ideation
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Oppositional and aggressive behaviour
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Traumatic experiences which might be related to physical, sexual and/or emotional abuse or isolated overwhelming events
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Intellectual disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorder and Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder, Neurodivergence
Eating difficulties and disorders; including Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge Eating, Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake (ARFID) and Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorder (OSFED)
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​​​​​​​If I am not able to offer the appropriate support for your child, I will aim to refer you to another professional who might be better suited to help with your particular needs.
Also, if your child is seeing another professional ( psychiatrist, mental health nurse, occupational therapist) or accessing a specific type of service, I am happy to assess how therapy could work alongside these types of support.
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Child / Adolescent Individual Sessions
Support for parents
Sessions tailored for mothers, fathers, parents and carers to gain a better understanding of the relationship with their child and develop ways to continue helping them with their development.
This can be a space to find support to deal with your child's current difficulties in a healthier manner, identify existing strengths and improve relationships. It is also a space to reflect on your parenting journey and process traumatic events which you might be aware of but have not had the time or opportunity to look at properly.
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Some areas parent sessions can help with are:
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Birth trauma and peri-natal mental health
Intergenerational trauma
Loss and bereavement
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Dealing with a child's medical condition, procedure or diagnosis ( physical, psychological or psychiatric )
Adoption
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Understanding a child's or relative's autism and/ or other presentations of neurodivergence
Understanding oppositional behaviour and outbursts
Relationship breakdowns and divorce
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