Welcome to WholeStory Speech and the SEST Approach!

Rochel Lieberman, PhD, CCC-SLP, is the founder and owner of WholeStory Speech, a private therapy practice in the Brooklyn, NY, where she works with children with social emotional challenges and learning needs (of all levels), co-treating their parents as an integral part of her work.

She is also the creator of the Story Emotion Social Therapy (SEST) Approach, an ingenious new approach that integrates storytelling, story elements, thoughts and emotions into a fun and effective method to help children develop mindful language, better social-emotional and social communication skills, and a sense of wellbeing needed for understanding and being a part of the social world around them.

“This well-written and well-organized manual will help SLPs and mental health professionals

help children, and their parents/caregivers, blossom…”

—Thomas W. Phelan, PhD, author of 1-2-3 Magic

“…meaningful, realistic, child-focused and highly child-respected…”

—Nancy A. Creaghead, PhD, Professor Emerita, University of Cincinnati

“The layout is user-friendly, the book is filled with relatable examples,

and the chapter summaries and appendices/handouts are practical and clear!”

—Sandra G. Combs, Ph.D., CCC-SLP