About Natalie
Natalie Brunning is a counsellor who aims to help people coping with stress, anxiety, depression and low self-esteem. She also supports those facing addictions and the fallout from past abuse or complex trauma. Natalie writes plainly and meets people where they are, aiming for calm, practical conversations that feel manageable.
Natalie has 15 years of experience working in the United Kingdom and holds BACP accreditation, which reflects her professional registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Background and approach
She focuses on helping people talk through painful memories and current pressures, and on building small, achievable steps towards better day-to-day coping. In sessions she creates an open, non-judgemental space and encourages clients to set the pace. That may mean brief practical strategies one week, and slower, reflective work the next.
She pays attention to how trauma, relationships and long-term stress affect mood and behaviour. Natalie also offers support around issues such as attachment difficulties, adoption and foster care experiences, caregiving strain, body image, chronic pain or illness, and relationship patterns like codependency or commitment concerns. Her approach is adaptable to the person’s needs rather than fixed to one method.
Therapy can start with a short matching questionnaire and an initial session to agree goals. Sessions are available in several online formats so people can choose what feels most comfortable and workable for them.
How Natalie adapts therapeutic approaches for online care
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques include focused work on trauma and stress. For trauma-related difficulties this typically means gently processing distressing memories and learning grounding strategies to reduce overwhelming reactions. That approach is useful for people who experience flashbacks, nightmares or strong emotional responses.Another common technique Natalie uses involves skills for managing anxiety and mood. These are practical tools such as breathing exercises, activity planning and breaking problems into small steps. Those methods help with everyday panic, persistent worry and low motivation.
Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss options, try methods together and change course if something does not fit. Goals, personal preferences and life circumstances guide which techniques are used and how quickly work progresses.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video lets people see facial cues and work more closely in real time. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and messaging allow shorter check-ins or ongoing written reflection between longer sessions. These options give flexibility to match therapy to busy schedules and different comfort levels.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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