Sema Bilen-Alonso

I offer daytime and evening,  in person and online therapy sessions. 

I am a qualified Trauma Informed Integrative Child (& Adolescent), Adult Psychotherapist and Systemic Family Practitioner.

I believe life is precious, every person deserves and is entitled to live profoundly fulfilling and resourceful lives. Equally, we might be facing adversities in our lives and require healing, we might be worried about well-being of our loved ones. While we are going through challenging times in our lives, we do not need to be carrying heavy burdens alone and struggle on our own.

In my Therapy Practice I am offering you or/and your loved ones a safe, confidential, creative space and trusting and nurturing relationship which will enable us to work through your concerns and live authentic lives with enriching relationships. I am committed to accompany you in your life journey towards healing and transformation.

I am an accredited member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and I work within the BACP Ethical Framework. For the last 23 years, I have been providing therapy to a variety of people: individuals, children, adolescents, couples and families who have complex therapeutic needs and challenging life experiences. I have also worked in several GP Surgeries, NGOs, BAME community organisations and Inner London School Projects Primary and Secondary Schools. I have worked with a wide range of clients with different age, ethnicity, gender, faith and sexual orientation.

I believe each person is unique and requires individualised and tailor-made therapeutic support. Over the Years I have been trained in and practicing various therapeutic modalities and skills, including Attachment Focused Therapy, Systemic Family Therapy, Psychodynamic, Humanistic, Existential, Solution- Focused, Art Therapy, CBT, IFS (informed), CFT Therapy and Creative Art mediums and Play. This helped me to develop robust and competent Integrative Therapeutic Approach which enables me to work flexibly and confidently with a wide range of client groups who have multi layered and complex needs.

Over 20 years I have experiences of working with Relationship Difficulties, Family Break-down, PTSD, Developmental and Transgenerational Trauma, Domestic Violence, Bereavement, Loss and Separation, Attachment Difficulties, Sexual and Physical Abuse, Autism, ADHD, Eating Disorders, Self-Harm, Anxiety, Depression, OCD, Complex Violent Behavioural Issues, Anger Management, Bullying, Racism, Race and Cultural issues.

Training and Qualifications

• M.A (4 year) in Child & (Adolescent) Psychotherapy

• Postgraduate Diploma in Systemic (Family) Therapy

• Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy (Humanistic &Existential)

• Diploma in Integrative Clinical Supervision in Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychotherapy 

• BA (Hons) in Philosophy, (Psychology and Sociology)

• Trained and worked as a SFSC parenting group facilitator.

Other Trainings

• Traumatic Bereavement Training

• Compassionate Focused Therapy

• Complex Trauma, PTSD and Attachment Training

• Treating Complex Trauma with Internal Family System (IFS) Training

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Training

• Advanced Safeguarding Children Training

• Child Protection in Schools

• Solution Focused Brief Therapy Training

• Behavioural Signs of Autism in Early Infancy

• Working with Domestic Abuse Training

Additional Information

I offer therapy sessions in Stoke Newington N16 and Hackney E8

My fee is from £85 to £120 (couples and families)

I offer short term therapy or on an open-ended basis, in person, telephone or online sessions.

I offer regular parent review sessions to communicate progress.

Therapy sessions are weekly and last fifty minutes

Cancellations are charged at full price if a session is missed with less then 48 hours notice.

I can work in both English and Turkish language

I have advance DBS with a yearly update.

Member Organisation BACP

Due to Data Protection Regulations GDPR and Data Protection Act DPA (2018) I hold minimum clinical notes and personal information and keep them confidential. 

I welcome individuals from BAME an LGBTQA+ communities. 

I offer daytime and evening, in person and online therapy sessions. 

I am a qualified Trauma Informed Integrative Child (& Adolescent), Adult Psychotherapist and Systemic Family Practitioner.

I believe life is precious, every person deserves and is entitled to live profoundly fulfilling and resourceful lives. Equally, we might be facing adversities in our lives and require healing, we might be worried about well-being of our loved ones. While we are going through challenging times in our lives, we do not need to be carrying heavy burdens alone and struggle on our own.

In my Therapy Practice I am offering you or/and your loved ones a safe, confidential, creative space and trusting and nurturing relationship which will enable us to work through your concerns and live authentic lives with enriching relationships. I am committed to accompany you in your life journey towards healing and transformation.

I am an accredited member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and I work within the BACP Ethical Framework. For the last 23 years, I have been providing therapy to a variety of people: individuals, children, adolescents, couples and families who have complex therapeutic needs and challenging life experiences. I have also worked in several GP Surgeries, NGOs, BAME community organisations and Inner London School Projects Primary and Secondary Schools. I have worked with a wide range of clients with different age, ethnicity, gender, faith and sexual orientation.

I believe each person is unique and requires individualised and tailor-made therapeutic support. Over the Years I have been trained in and practicing various therapeutic modalities and skills, including Attachment Focused Therapy, Systemic Family Therapy, Psychodynamic, Humanistic, Existential, Solution- Focused, Art Therapy, CBT, IFS (informed), CFT Therapy and Creative Art mediums and Play. This helped me to develop robust and competent Integrative Therapeutic Approach which enables me to work flexibly and confidently with a wide range of client groups who have multi layered and complex needs.

Over 20 years I have experiences of working with Relationship Difficulties, Family Break-down, PTSD, Developmental and Transgenerational Trauma, Domestic Violence, Bereavement, Loss and Separation, Attachment Difficulties, Sexual and Physical Abuse, Autism, ADHD, Eating Disorders, Self-Harm, Anxiety, Depression, OCD, Complex Violent Behavioural Issues, Anger Management, Bullying, Racism, Race and Cultural issues.

Training and Qualifications

• M.A (4 year) in Child & (Adolescent) Psychotherapy

• Postgraduate Diploma in Systemic (Family) Therapy

• Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy (Humanistic &Existential)

• Diploma in Integrative Clinical Supervision in Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychotherapy

• BA (Hons) in Philosophy, (Psychology and Sociology)

• Trained and worked as a SFSC parenting group facilitator.

Other Trainings

• Traumatic Bereavement Training

• Compassionate Focused Therapy

• Complex Trauma, PTSD and Attachment Training

• Treating Complex Trauma with Internal Family System (IFS) Training

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Training

• Advanced Safeguarding Children Training

• Child Protection in Schools

• Solution Focused Brief Therapy Training

• Behavioural Signs of Autism in Early Infancy

• Working with Domestic Abuse Training

My first Session

You can contact me via email or telephone. We can discuss practical arrangements. Before providing any therapy space to children and adolescents, my first session offers a 1 hour assessment / consultation to parents in order to identify concerns, hopes, expectations and goals in therapy.

Additional Information

I offer therapy sessions in Stoke Newington N16 and Hackney E8

My fee is from £85 to £120 (couples and families)

I offer short term therapy or on an open-ended basis, in person, telephone or online sessions.

I offer regular parent review sessions to communicate progress.

Therapy sessions are weekly and last fifty minutes

Cancellations are charged at full price if a session is missed with less then 48 hours notice.

I can work in both English and Turkish language

I have advance DBS with a yearly update.

Member Organisation BACP (accredited)

Due to Data Protection Regulations GDPR and Data Protection Act DPA (2018) I hold minimum clinical notes and personal information and keep them confidential.

I welcome members from BAME an LGBTQA+ communities. 

I offer day time or evening time , online and in person supervision sessions.

I am a qualified Integrative Clinical Supervisor, in Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychotherapy, providing supervision to both trainees and qualified therapists. I meet supervisees where they are, what developmental stage they are at;  they may be in training, newly qualified or experienced therapists I recognize their individual needs. 

I remember my most valuable learning in my own clinical supervisions was when I am most authentic to myself, able to share my struggles in relation to clients openly with my supervisor and knowing that I would not be judged but fully supported by them. I offer a trusting and safe supervisory relationship to supervisees and encourage their growth through openness, curiosity, authenticity, knowledge and appropriate challenge.

I work flexibly, adapting to supervisees' theoretical framework and their context; supporting them towards integration of their chosen theoretical approach into their clinical practice therefore becoming more effective with their clients.

For experienced therapists, our reflective space would allow them to gain further insights into their relational dynamics within therapeutic relationships; focusing on the process would facilitate their self / other awareness, deepen quality of their work and their clinical practice.

I speak from experience. I have over 20 years of post-qualified clinical experiences in Counselling and Psychotherapy and have worked with children, adolescents, adults and families with complex needs. These lived experiences have provided me with insights and multiple lenses in understanding human suffering, their needs, struggles and conditions for healing and recovery.

As an integrative Supervisor, I believe I am well grounded in model of supervision theories like seven eyed model, developmental, cyclical, formative / normative / restorative models of supervision in understanding and supporting the therapists in their clinical practice. 

As a clinical supervisor my main approach is relational. Within containing and growth promoting relationships, I help supervisees to develop their own competence, autonomy, confidence, trusting their inner wisdom and sharpen their skills for ‘thinking on their feet’.

In my supervision sessions I offer non-judgmental, reflective and 'thinking space' which aims to support supervisees collaboratively with their ongoing development of therapeutic practice, especially complexities faced while working with their clients, like ethical dilemmas, safeguarding and child protection decisions, boundary issues, therapeutic interventions, relational raptures, etc.

Over the years, acquiring multiple psychotherapy trainings like MA in Integrative Child Psychotherapy, Diploma Humanistic and  Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy, PG in Systemic Family Therapy, CBT, Trauma and Attachment Focused trainings, I have been able to develop robust integrative models which expand my understanding of a wide range of theoretical concepts and their applications into clinical practices.

I have been confidently able to support clinicians with different therapeutic schools and orientations, like humanistic Models TA, Gestalt, Existential, Person-Centred, and also I am able to use Psychodynamic schools of thoughts and concepts like attachment theories, unconscious communications- parallel processes transference, countertransference, projective identification- dynamics effectively in our supervision sessions.

In supervision sessions, I use creative art forms like drawing, painting and sand tray actively. I believe they provide reflective space for understanding the therapeutic process, therapist and client, supervisor dynamics, stuckness, resistance etc.

Ethical approach is the backbone of my supervisory relationships, I follow BACP (2018) Ethical framework for counselling professionals and Supervision Competence Framework in my clinical practice. 

In our initial supervision session, we would explore your hopes and expectations, training / theoretical orientation, developing supervisory alliance, identify your learning needs and clarify our roles and create a Contract collaboratively.

If agreed, we will setup a learning agreement clarifying accountability, responsibilities, safeguarding, data protection, boundaries, ground rules, confidentiality, fees etc. 

Due to GDPR and GPA (2018) I keep my supervision notes minimum and confidential.