Natalie A Smith, BACP, NCPS

Natalie A Smith is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and depression. She often supports those who have experienced trauma or abuse and those coping with compassion fatigue. Natalie writes simply and calmly to make the first step feel manageable for people who are worried or unsure.

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 refers to the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society. She works in the United Kingdom and conducts sessions in English.

Her approach begins by listening to each person’s story and noticing strengths they already have. Natalie uses attachment-based ideas to explore relationships and patterns, and she brings in cognitive behavioural techniques to help change unhelpful thinking. She also uses solution-focused methods to set small, practical goals and trauma-focused work where past events are a central concern.

In sessions she aims for clear, practical steps rather than jargon. People can expect straightforward conversations about what feels hard, followed by agreed actions to try between meetings. Natalie encourages involvement - clients help shape which techniques are used.

Therapy arrangements use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, clients use the continue button on this profile, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.

How Natalie’s approaches adapt to online work

Attachment-based work focuses on how early and current relationships shape feelings and responses. In practice this means noticing patterns in close relationships and exploring new ways of relating that reduce worry and mistrust. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical strategies to challenge unhelpful thinking and build different habits.

Finding the best approach is part of the process. The therapist will listen to your goals and preferences and work with you to decide which methods to try. Sessions can include reviewing unhelpful thoughts, practising new responses to relationship triggers, or setting short, measurable goals to try between meetings.

The original profile does not specify particular online session formats, so please confirm the available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when schedule demands are high. It can also let people choose quieter times that suit them and focus on practical steps they can try between sessions. Registered or accredited professionals aim to make this process collaborative so you and the therapist can adjust the approach as you go.