Children
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A child is like clay — soft, malleable, and ready to be shaped. At the beginning of life’s journey, a child needs care, attention, and thoughtful guidance. These early years are vital, as they lay the foundation for personality, character, and emotional development.
On one hand, a child must be prepared for the challenges life will inevitably bring — conflict, rejection, failure, and disappointment. They need to develop resilience, inner strength, and the ability to stand up for their dignity, especially when facing peers who may try to humiliate or exclude them.
On the other hand, a child also needs warmth and love. This emotional nourishment gives the child a secure inner foundation, allowing them to face life not with fear, but with hope, trust, and stability. It is through this warmth that children learn compassion, how to build meaningful relationships, and how to remain open and kind while also protecting themselves.
The child’s inner world is colorful and full of emotional complexity. It contains both fear of their own vulnerability and joy about the unfolding journey ahead. Children feel everything deeply — from small hurts to great hopes.
In my work with children, through the series "Life Lessons for Young and Old", I aim to:
- help each child accept themselves as they are, embracing both their strengths and weaknesses,
- support them in developing a strong sense of identity — discovering their values, boundaries, and aspirations,
- accompany them as they seek answers to difficult and deeply personal questions — why others don’t like them, what it means to be different, why some people are unkind,
- assist them in resolving problems that have already entered their once carefree world — anxiety, aggression, shame, or emotional withdrawal.
My goal is to be a companion and ally during this crucial beginning of life — a time when every encouragement can open new possibilities, and every wound, if understood and healed in time, doesn’t have to leave a lasting scar.
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About the author
Ella Kurudimova is a Psychotherapist with an academic background in psychology and behavioral health, as well as practical experience working with children, adolescents, and families in a clinical setting. She is fluent in English, Russian, and Bulgarian.
Ella Kurudimova holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (2006–2011) and a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology (2015–2019), both from California State University, Sacramento. Since 2019, she has been pursuing a doctoral degree in Educational Leadership in Behavioral Health at Grand Canyon University.
Between 2019 and 2021, she worked as a clinician at Victor Community Support Services in West Sacramento, California. In this context, she provided individual and family psychotherapy, conducted group work, therapeutic plans and assessments.
She has also gained administrative and client experience in other institutions, as well as valuable experience as a volunteer in orphanages in Eastern Europe where she worked with children and youth in vulnerable social settings with interventions including emotional and cognitive support, discussion groups and mentoring.
