About Natalie
Natalie Benjamin is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP). She draws on seven years of practice to help people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood or grief. Her manner is calm and respectful and she aims to make first steps into therapy feel manageable.
Her approach is client-centred, so sessions focus on the person's priorities and lived experience. She also uses elements of psychodynamic work to notice patterns that repeat over time.
Background and approach
Solution-focused techniques help set small, achievable goals between sessions. Natalie has experience supporting people with concentration and memory difficulties and has updated her continuing professional development in autism and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. She uses that knowledge to adapt how she works, for example by offering clearer structure or shorter, focused interventions when helpful.
Common areas she addresses include panic and social anxiety, self-esteem and body image, relationship communication problems, caregiving stress, and the emotional effects of separation or loss. She also supports people questioning life purpose and those coping with guilt or shame. Sessions are offered in English and delivered remotely by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging.
The therapy model is collaborative - clients and Natalie plan the focus together and review progress as they go. To begin, users follow the platform Start Therapy process, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to availability.
How Natalie’s approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy places the person’s concerns at the heart of the work. In practice this means sessions follow what the client wants to talk about and the counsellor reflects back to help make sense of feelings and choices. This approach is useful for anxiety, stress and questions about self-worth.Psychodynamic Therapy looks at patterns that show up again and again in life. A counsellor helping in this way will gently notice recurring themes and links to past experiences to help someone understand why certain reactions happen. It can help when anxiety or low mood feels familiar but hard to shift.
Finding the best approach is a shared process. Natalie will work with the person to decide whether a more present-focused, solution-led plan or a deeper look at patterns feels most useful. Goals, session pace and techniques are reviewed together so the plan can change as needs evolve.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy days. Video calls enable face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be a simple option for a check-in. Live chat and text messaging suit shorter check-ins or when writing helps organise thoughts. These options give flexibility and allow therapy to continue even when schedules or locations make in-person meetings difficult.
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- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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