Natalie Brunning
Compassionate, practical counselling for complex problems
About Natalie
Natalie Brunning offers practical, straight-talking counselling for people feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stress or low mood. She makes space for honest conversation and aims to help clients feel steadier and clearer about their next steps. Her first priority is to meet a person where they are and move at a pace that feels manageable.
Natalie has operated in the United Kingdom for over 15 years and holds BACP accreditation, which is listed as BACP in her credentials.
Background and approach
Over that time she has supported people dealing with depression, addictions, stress, and struggles with self-esteem and motivation. She has particular experience with complex trauma, including post-traumatic stress and dissociative responses, plus sexual and domestic abuse. Sessions with Natalie focus on practical ways to reduce distress and build coping skills.
Conversations are direct but gentle, aiming to break problems into small, doable steps. She encourages people to notice what helps and to use that information to make steady changes. Natalie also works with issues related to attachment, abandonment, and body image, and assists those facing chronic illness, cancer, caregiving strain and age-related concerns.
Other areas of focus include neurodiversity topics such as autism and Asperger syndrome, and relationship patterns like codependency and commitment worries. People can expect a calm, non-judgemental space and a collaborative approach to setting goals. Progress often looks like clearer thinking, fewer overwhelming reactions, and practical tools to manage day-to-day challenges.
What Natalie works with
Sessions & fees
How evidence-based techniques work online
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques often combine talking with practical tasks. One common approach is talking-based trauma work which helps people process painful memories and reduce their day-to-day reactivity. This can help with post-traumatic stress symptoms and complex trauma responses.Another useful approach focuses on skills training to manage anxiety and low mood. That involves learning breathing and grounding exercises, planning small behavioural steps and testing what helps in everyday situations. These skills aim to reduce overwhelm and increase a sense of control.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist and client review what’s most troubling, what has helped before, and what feels realistic to try. Plans are adjusted as work progresses so methods are matched to goals and preferences.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and non-verbal cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or mobility constraints.
| 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
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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 counselling
- 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
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
