Psychotherapy Experience ~
Sayun practices as a Licensed California Marriage and Family Therapist (MFC 48357). While working primarily with adults and groups in her private practice in Pasadena, she devotes a portion of her energy to counseling underserved women and children in a community shelter. Prior to setting up private practice, Sayun provided psychotherapy to at-risk youth and their familes in a variety of mileus, including Department of Mental Health contracted agencies, schools, homes, and community-based settings.
Sayun is certified in Sensori-motor Psychotherapy, a treatment approach for resolving trauma based on the research of Dr. Pat Ogden and principles of the Hakomi Method. She also received early infant mental health and parenting training through LA Child Guidance Clinic and The Center for Nonviolent Education and Parenting. Special interests include holistic and client-centered approaches to explore relationship challenges, identity issues, anxiety/stress, generational trauma, grief/loss, and personal empowerment and development across the lifespan.
Background ~
Sayun's interest in psychology and human behavior evolved from being immersed in multiple cultures while growing up and a desire to make meaning from complexity and paradox. She earned her graduate degree in Counseling Psychology (with a specialization in Somatic-Transpersonal Psychology) from John F. Kennedy University in the
San Francisco Bay Area. After earning her undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia, she received a year-long Freeman Fellowship to study as a post-graduate in China at the Johns Hopkins - Nanjing University Center through Johns Hopkins University's School for Advanced International Studies.
Sayun was born a U.S. citizen in Vietnam during the US-Vietnam War, and has lived in the United States, Burma, Thailand, Turkey, and China. Prior to her work as a holistic therapist, Sayun worked in short-wave radio journalism and international trade. Her diverse life experiences and multi-cultural background inform her ability to respond empathically to individual, family, and cultural systems. Sayun is fluent in Mandarin, and is also a certified yoga teacher, massage therapist, and long-time practitioner of reiki and vipassana meditation.
San Francisco Bay Area. After earning her undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia, she received a year-long Freeman Fellowship to study as a post-graduate in China at the Johns Hopkins - Nanjing University Center through Johns Hopkins University's School for Advanced International Studies.
Sayun was born a U.S. citizen in Vietnam during the US-Vietnam War, and has lived in the United States, Burma, Thailand, Turkey, and China. Prior to her work as a holistic therapist, Sayun worked in short-wave radio journalism and international trade. Her diverse life experiences and multi-cultural background inform her ability to respond empathically to individual, family, and cultural systems. Sayun is fluent in Mandarin, and is also a certified yoga teacher, massage therapist, and long-time practitioner of reiki and vipassana meditation.
Phone: (323) 878 - 5588
Sayun Scotton, MA, MFT
Phone: (323) 878 - 5588
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
