About me
Everyone thinks you're ok...
But every day feels like a struggle.
Work is stressful and it never feels like there is enough time in the day. You question your skills, never take a proper break and get overwhelmed by your never ending to-do list.
Everyone around you sees you as a capable person they can rely on, but inside you feel like you're barely holding it together.
At home, life feels chaotic and there's another never ending to-do list. Checking in with friends becomes a chore on top of the actual chores let alone having to decide what's for dinner...again.
You've forgotten how to have fun and now you're not even sure if you have the time or motivation when everything else feels like struggle.
Resulting in feeling lost, anxious and unsure how to find your way back to yourself.
Ready to take the first step to feeling more balanced?
About me:
Hi, I’m Natalie, and I love helping people to find their way out of the exhausting people-pleasing anxiety cycle that’s holding them back.
For most of my life I felt like my place in the world came from what I achieved or did for others, but I never felt like I was doing enough. The next thing I did or achieved would finally be the thing that would get me there.
It took working with a really great counsellor to help me figure out how to just be myself, and that I am enough as I am.
Now, I work with people helping them to figure out their 'shoulds' and how they show up in their life, because so often they're trying to live up to someone else's expectations instead of their own.
A lot of people come to me at breaking point: anxious, overwhelmed, and feeling like they're not good enough, even when they're giving it all they have.
It doesn't have to stay that way.
A quick overview…
What you might be going through:
- Telling everyone you feel “fine” when you feel like you’re going to fall apart.
- Feeling stressed on the way to work and overwhelmed by everything you need to do.
- Worrying what everyone thinks of you and feeling like you need everyone to like you and think you’re awesome.
- Evenings all blend into one, feeling like you’ve never caught or done the right things
- You’ve forgotten how to have fun and just be you.
How I help people:
- We’ll talk through what feels like the biggest thing that’s on your mind.
- Break down how it’s affecting you, has something like this happened before, what barriers are there to change.
- If relevant, I’ll explain what I know about why as humans, we might (or those around us) act the way we do.
- Attending therapy is going to help with momentum and change where it might have stalled with self-help books and podcasts. I’m there to help with accountability as well as support.
- I’m going to celebrate the moments when you start showing up in your life as you want to, not how you think you should, and stop taking on all the responsibility on your own.
What could a new chapter look like?
- Feeling more balanced and less overwhelmed by the world
- Knowing more about yourself
- Having fun, not just working 24/7
- Having the confidence to speak up about how you feel and feeling less guilty for doing so
- Feeling happier and more connected to your emotions, not feeling like they control you
- Experiencing relationships with healthy boundaries
- Feeling less like a burden when you’re the one who needs support
If this sounds like what you need, then book an introductory call with me to get started.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications:
MSc Counselling, University of Northampton, 2018-2021
Mental Health First Aid England, University of Northampton with Mental Health First Aid England, 2017
Introduction to Counselling, Centre for Lifelong Learning, University of Warwick, 2016
BA Hons Sociology, Liverpool John Moores University, 2009-2012
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£85.00 per session
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