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Inner Child Healer
in London & online
Helping adults heal childhood trauma and recalibrate the nervous system.
I specialise in healing the emotional imprints of childhood wounds: abandonment, shame, emotional neglect and survival patterns that still inform your relationships, confidence and nervous system today.
Inner Child Healing is for those navigating grief, attachment wounds or burnout, designed to gently reset the nervous system and transform long-held emotional patterns at their root.
Integrating emotional, somatic, and spiritual healing to support a deeper sense of safety in the body, so you can reconnect with your voice, worth, and truth.
I’m Stella Dove, Inner Child Healer.
This work is steady and relational.
It is about creating the safety required for the parts of you that learned to survive to finally exhale.
I developed a structured immersion process to support this work, blending clinical hypnosis, somatic regulation, and subconscious integration to create lasting internal safety.
I’ve spoken at the House of Lords and the European Parliament, but the heart of this work is not prestige. It’s lived understanding.
I know what it feels like to believe healing is for other people.
That voice that says, “It might work for others, but not for me. I’m too broken.”
I’ve heard it too. I’ve lived it.
I have rebuilt from collapse. Sat with shame. Chosen healing when it felt impossible.
That experience informs the steadiness I bring to this work.
You're not too much. You're not broken. You're becoming.
Testimonials
Rachel, grief, trauma & inner child work
“For the first time in years, my body has started to feel safe after experiencing deep trauma.
I trust her with feelings that once felt too heavy to carry.”
Sophie, trauma work & inner child healing
“I could finally understand things I couldn’t before.
The recalibration of my nervous system gave me calm for the first time."
Joanne, boundary & relationship work, inner child healing
“It allowed me to break free of an unfulfilling and unhealthy relationship.
Above all, it allowed me to see that love and connection are possible."
Maya, online inner child healing
“For the first time I felt truly understood.
Through inner child healing, I began to recognise patterns in... how I speak to myself."
My Experience with Stella
After losing my child suddenly and unexpectedly, I was completely broken. I didn’t know how to live with the pain or where to even begin.
Finding Stella has changed my life. She has a rare gift. She’s intuitive, gentle, wise, and incredibly knowledgeable. She seems to understand exactly what I need, even when I can’t express it myself.
For the first time in years, my body has started to feel safe after experiencing deep trauma. I trust her with feelings that once felt too heavy to carry. Stella has been helping me not only hold my grief but also gently heal parts of myself that were hurt long before my loss.
Through our sessions, especially the hypnotherapy — I leave feeling a little lighter, a little stronger, and more able to carry my grief with compassion rather than fear. Guided by Stella, I’ve even begun to feel moments of joy and hope again, feelings I never thought would return.
I am deeply grateful for Stella. Words aren’t enough to express my gratitude for the way she has helped me find a sense of peace in the midst of heartbreak.
Thank you Stella, your care and guidance to those “light bulb moments” have truly changed my life 🖤🤍
Rachel
Beyond Therapy: A Profound Shift in Understanding
I booked an emotional recalibration* with Stella after my husband's profound experience.
I carry some deep childhood wounds which I thought I had tackled in therapy a long time ago, but they always bubbled back up to the surface.
Stella made me feel seen and heard, which I never experienced on such a deep level with a therapist. She really listened without judgment, and I could finally understand things I couldn’t before.
The recalibration of my nervous system gave me calm for the first time and really helped me to see “how life could be.” I know it’s work I need to carry on myself, but without Stella, I never would have seen this.
I cannot recommend her and the work she does enough.
Sophie
*Emotional Recalibration Therapy is the continuation of Inner Child Healing.
Life Changing Work
Dear Stella, your guidance has really transformed my life.
It allowed me to break free of an unfulfilling and unhealthy relationship.
It sparked my journey to becoming a more complete woman.
It made me see how to set boundaries...
and above all, it allowed me to see that love and connection are possible.
I think that the work you do is amazing, life-changing and invaluable for the world.
I feel truly blessed to have met you.
Joanne
Common questions about inner child healing, attachment wounds and emotional patterns
What does inner child healing actually do?
Inner child healing helps you understand why you react, feel, and relate the way you do.
It works at the level where emotional patterns were first formed, allowing you to respond differently rather than repeating the same cycles.
Over time, this creates more stability, clarity, and choice in how you experience yourself and your relationships.
Why do I keep repeating the same relationship patterns?
Repeating patterns in relationships is often linked to early attachment experiences.
The nervous system learns what feels familiar, even when it doesn’t feel good.
This can lead to choosing similar dynamics, overgiving, withdrawing, or feeling triggered in ways that seem disproportionate.
Working with these patterns helps you recognise them and begin to respond differently.
Can childhood trauma affect you even if you don’t remember it clearly?
Yes.
The body and nervous system store experiences even when there is no clear memory.
This is why emotional responses can feel intense, confusing, or disconnected from the present moment.
Inner child healing works with these imprints directly, helping you make sense of what you feel without needing to force memory recall.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is inner child healing?
Inner child healing is the process of reconnecting with the parts of you that learned how to feel, relate, and stay safe in early relationships.
When those experiences were inconsistent, overwhelming, or emotionally absent, the body adapts.
You may find yourself overthinking, people-pleasing, withdrawing, or reacting more intensely than the moment seems to call for.
This work helps you understand those patterns, meet them with awareness, and begin to create a different internal experience, one where safety, trust, and self-worth are no longer dependent on others.
What are attachment wounds?
Attachment wounds are the emotional patterns formed when connection in early relationships felt uncertain, unsafe, or out of reach.
They don’t disappear with time.
They tend to repeat.
You might notice it in how you relate; needing reassurance, fearing abandonment, shutting down, over-giving, or feeling like you have to earn closeness.
These are not flaws.
They are learned responses.
With the right depth of work, those patterns can shift, not by forcing change, but by updating what the body expects from connection.
Who is this work for?
This work is for people who are functioning on the outside, but internally feel stuck in patterns they can’t think their way out of.
It often resonates if you:
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repeat relationship dynamics that don’t feel good
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struggle with boundaries or self-trust
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feel overwhelmed by your own emotional responses
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or sense there is something deeper driving your reactions
It’s for those ready to work beneath the surface, where real change happens.
How can I work with Stella?
Book a 90-Minute Inner Child Healing Session
A focused online session for adults ready to explore the childhood patterns still shaping their relationships, confidence, and emotional wellbeing.
Still have questions?
Tap through to the blog for further reading on Inner Child Healing, Emotional Growth & Self-Reclamation
Many of the terms used here — trauma-informed, attachment wounds, nervous system regulation — are explained in more depth in the Glossary of Healing Terms.
Credentials
Stella Dove is a qualified Clinical Hypnotherapist (MBSCH), fully insured and a member of the British Society of Clinical Hypnosis.
Her work is trauma-informed, body-led, and grounded in nervous system science.
If you feel affected by childhood wounds and feel ready to begin lasting change, start here.
This is a focused, grounded space to explore your story, for adults ready to explore the childhood patterns still shaping their relationships, confidence, and emotional wellbeing.