Natalie A Smith
Practical support for stress, trauma and anxiety
About Natalie
Natalie A Smith helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood, or past trauma. She works directly with adults who want clearer thinking and steadier emotion. Natalie is introduced by name so you know who you will be working with from the start.
Natalie has three years of professional experience and holds BACP and NCPS credentials. BACP stands for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and NCPS is noted as an additional credential.
Background and approach
She draws on practical approaches rather than long lectures. Sessions aim to be straightforward and goal minded. Her sessions combine understanding of attachment with hands-on tools from cognitive behavioural ideas.
That means talking about how relationships shape feelings and practising skills to change unhelpful thoughts and habits. She also uses solution-focused techniques to build small, useful steps that can be repeated between sessions. Natalie aims to create a calm, listening space where people can make sense of difficult events.
She believes clients are the experts in their own lives and works alongside them to spot strengths and options. The style is collaborative and plain spoken. Therapy can cover specific issues such as abandonment fears, communication problems, caregiver stress, or difficulties after separation.
Natalie can also support people dealing with chronic illness, codependency, dissociation, or compassion fatigue. Sessions are offered in English and take place online to fit different schedules.
What Natalie works with
How Natalie works
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Sessions & fees
Approaches that suit online therapy
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationships shape feelings and behaviour. In short sessions this helps people understand patterns in close relationships and work on trust, boundaries and emotional responses. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and teaches practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking and reduce anxiety or low mood. Solution-Focused Therapy aims at small, achievable changes by identifying what is already working and building simple steps forward.Natalie will work with each person to find the best approach. She treats the choice of method as a shared decision based on the client's goals, needs and preferences. That means trying out techniques together and adjusting what is used as therapy progresses.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that helps, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins or days when writing feels better. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare and daily life while keeping the focus on practical progress.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP, NCPS
- Languages
- English
