lucy nathanson
My name is Lucy Nathanson, I'm a Child Therapist and founder of
confidentchildren.co.uk. I specialise in working with children with Selective
Mutism (SM). What do I do? My work is a combination of working with children
directly, advising parents on how to support their child with SM, providing
training and intervention plans to schools and speaking at conferences. My
resources My YouTube channel on Selective Mutism has exceeded 270,000 views.
Facebook Page: Confident Children - Selective Mutism Therapy Online Courses:
Selective Mutism Core Training for Schools Parent Essentials: Helping Your Child
With Selective Mutism Selective Mutism Course for Friends & Family Eliza video
book for children Books: Understanding Selective Mutism: A Beginner's Guide My
name is Eliza and I don't talk at school Why doesn't Alice talk at school? My
name is Ben and I don't talk sometimes Speaking I was a speaker at the SMIRA
(Selective Mutism Information and Research Association) conference in March 2015
and 2017. In April 2016, 2017 and 2018, I was a speaker at a conference
(organised by the University of Silesia) held in Katowice, Poland. My
presentations were entitled 'Implementing a small steps programme for working
with children with selective mutism' and 'An overview of interventions for
children with selective mutism'. In 2019, I co-delivered a workshop in Melbourne
Australia, aimed at parents of children with Selective Mutism and school staff.
I have also been a speaker at the SM Help Summit as well as the Early Year's
summit. Other work In 2016, I worked on the Brave Buddies programme (an
intensive therapeutic programme for children with selective mutism) delivered by
the Child Mind Institute in New York City, USA. In 2017, I worked on the WeSpeak
programme at Kurtz Psychology in New York, an intensive therapeutic programme
for children aged 11-14 with selective mutism. International work I offer Online
Sessions, having supported parents of children with selective mutism from the
UK, USA, South Africa, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates and more. I have also
delivered direct intensive therapy to children internationally, including in the
UK, Bulgaria and in Thailand. In 2019, I co-founded and delivered the Selective
Mutism Group Programme (SMGP) in London, UK and in 2020 I co-delivered the SMGP
in Australia. In order to reach even more children and families, we now have a
team of Confident Children practitioners who are passionate and experienced in
Selective Mutism. In 2022, Confident Children was asked to become a SMIRA
associate (an associate of the UK SM association). At Confident Children, our
passion and goal is to help as many children with Selective Mutism as possible
to find their voice.
