Suzan Issa is a Wellbeing, Emotional Regulation & Neurodiversity specialist for families and individuals. You can listen to podcasts where she talks about her work with families and individuals as well as being autistic herself.
Suzan Issa was born in Beirut, Lebanon. She is autistic, ADHD and has Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) which she explains how this condition impacts her on her day to day life. She is an Emotional Regulation Specialist and works with families, often in the home to help support family members who may have challenging behaviours to learn more helpful strategies and coping mechanisms.
Suzan talks about sensory issues and the dreaded fire alarms. Suzan shares her experience of being in a state of dissociation throughout many years of an unhappy marriage and how to be really effective when working with neurodivergent children in schools.
Website: https://suzanissa.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/442903196768615/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzan-issa-she-her-030b98145
Email: mail@suzanissa.com
In this show, Nicky Collins talks to Suzan Issa about her work with people to undo the damage caused by ABA therapy. During the conversation, they talk extensively about ABA, ableism, school refusal and raising a happy wild child, which happens to be the name of Suzan's business.
Guest Presenter Nicky Collins chats with Suzan Issa, a therapeutic emotional regulation coach. She's an ex-SENDco and she uses her expertise to work mainly with families to prevent and repair the damage of ABA
In this show, Nicky Collins is joined by Suzan Issa who works with people to undo the damage caused by ABA therapy. During their conversation, they talk extensively about ABA, ableism, school refusal and raising a happy wild child.
Suzan Issa on emotional regulation, autism, pathological demand avoidance and dissociation
October 20, 2021
Suzan Issa was born in Beirut, Lebanon. She is autistic, ADHD and has Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) which she explains how this condition impacts her on her day to day life. She is an Emotional Regulation Specialist and works with families, often in the home to help support family members who may have challenging behaviours to learn more helpful strategies and coping mechanisms.
We talk about sensory issues and the dreaded fire alarms. Suzan shares with me her experience of being in a state of dissociation throughout many years of an unhappy marriage and how to be really effective when working with neurodivergent children in schools.
Website: https://suzanissa.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/442903196768615/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzan-issa-she-her-030b98145
Email: mail@suzanissa.com