Natasha Miller

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About me

The warmest of welcomes to my page. It’s my pleasure to meet you… and however you are feeling right now, that’s welcome too.

I do not know what exactly brought you here. Maybe you are feeling lonely. Or chaotic. Deepest despair. Neurodivergent. Lost. Depressed. Panicked or terrified..... Or everything at once and more!

Perhaps there are simply not the words for what you are experiencing.

I am happy to meet you in any mess, chaos, and confusion, exactly at that point. Messiness and jumbles are important signposts and clues. We can work with them together. Feel free to bring them here!

I want you to know that you already have all you need within you to help heal, even though it seems like everything is all 'wrong' with you and can never be fixed.

However you are feeling right now, in this moment, is welcome here in this space together.

We start exactly where you are at, when we know where we are, we can consider where you want to get to.

This space is about shaping, discovering, and making sense of this together, playfully and respectfully, with lightness and care.

Therapy need not be heavy or challenging. It can activate lightness, play, curiosity, and empathy. These are the brain circuits that can help us heal and bring restoration and nourishment.

We walk always with gentleness, creativity and playful compassion.

Sandplay is a somatic way of working that honours the wisdom and knowledge of the breath and body. In doing so, it can get near spaces that traditional talk therapy simply cannot access. And crucially, it does so with a gentle lightness and playful exploration which is healing in its own right.

It is holistic, connected, expansive, kind, committed.

Let us discover together your brain and nervous system, mapping them as we go!

Feel free to email and ask me any worries you have. We walk together at your pace.

  • Whether you are feeling overwhelmed by the future or traumatised by a past you cannot escape or forget.
  • Struggling to be “you” in relationships or battling to make decisions. Received bad news, or feel terrified or paralysed by a blank future?
  • Perhaps hope has deserted you, or you are being sucked into a way which doesn’t feel quite right to you, self-destructing or coping in harmful ways?
  • Do things always fall apart somehow, or you experience a loneliness that seems hard to bear?
  • It may be that loss has broken you right now, and it’s hard to see any future or happiness.
  • Do boundaries in relationships seem impossible to find or maintain? Are you always focused on others? 

Hopefully it is reassuring to hear some of this named out loud. You cannot be quite so lonely or broken after all. There are others on these tricky paths!

Instead, let us together seek and hear what you’ve got to say.

This is a space to express and feel the shifts and transitions it can bring. 

We collaborate to create a space to reflect and experience this together: where you genuinely feel held and safe.

We can help identify who and how you are, so you can think what you may need and how to get there. Step by step. We walk together, and when an obstacle comes up, let’s learn from it together. This can bring choice and restore power, as well as bringing emotional relief.

I have found that being able to express and be truly believed and witnessed at a deep level, just as you find yourself right now, can lead to deep and profound change. And if change is too scary right now, we respect and reflect on that too. 

Everything I have ever learnt has been from listening to clients; you are the expert on you.

Perhaps it would help to hear a little about me? Before becoming a counsellor, I worked with people experiencing homelessness, with older adults, and in Early Years. It is through these experiences of tears and smiles that I have learned to accompany others exploring who they may be, what they have experienced, give a voice to that which is yet unspoken.

I am happy to offer Neuroaffirmative counselling and specialise as a neuroaffirmative trainer.

Counselling adapted and responsive for neurodivergent people including ADHD, Autism, Trauma and C-PTSD (Complex PTSD), Auty-ADHD, dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, learning disabilities and learning differences....

Your unique neurological profile will be respected in this space. I am happy to receive feedback. I aim to make counselling truly accessible to everyone, all identities and profiles.

Please feel free to ask me any questions. Please feel free to share feedback. Your concerns will be listened to and respected here.

  • No pressure to talk or eye contact is ever necessary.
  • Fidgets, zoning out, stims, movement, sighs, and stretches are explored together. 
  • Let us build a sensory toolbox together. We can co-regulate to help you feel comfy and assured and rediscover your body and brain's ability to do exactly this, in its own unique way.
  • Responsive to your unique pace and sensory needs.
  • We know the world is not always kind to neurodivergent friends. Here, you can be respected and believed, just as you already are.
  • Reconnection to your breath and body.
  • We can reconnect and regulate using somatic work to your unique sensations and textures held within. Discover their communications and meaning. Offer yourself the worth and esteem to then advocate for yourself.

Your neurological profile is welcome here!

Training, qualifications & experience

  • I’m an integrative, relational accredited counsellor, Sandplay Therapist and trainer.
  • I am trained in counselling both adults and also children and young people, which means I can offer a whole lifespan approach.
  • Accredited with the BACP and NCPS. Eligible for accreditation with the World Association of Sand Therapy Professionals.
  • Diploma in Integrative Sandplay Therapy.
  • Level 1 and 2 Certification in Complex trauma (C-PTSD) training.
  • Certification in Neuroaffirming counselling for Autistic clients.

Member organisations

Registered / Accredited

Registered / Accredited

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BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

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NCPS
National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS)

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Accredited register membership

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society
Accredited Register Scheme

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National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society

Areas of counselling I deal with

Other areas of counselling I deal with

  • Transcultural counselling
  • Neuroaffirmative counselling
  • Somatic counselling (paying attention to inner experiences, breath and the body)

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Fees

£95.00 per session

Concessions offered for

  • Low income
  • OAPs
  • Trainee counsellors

When I work

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Further information

Do contact me or visit my website. I would be delighted to hear from you.

www.counsellornatasha.co.uk

In-person, online, by telephone - at times to match your needs, including before or after work.

Type of session

In person
Online
Phone

Types of client

Young adults (18-24)
Adults (25-64)
Older Adults (65+)

Key details

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Happy to consider care home visits. Please let me know any sensory accommodations or accessibility needs you have.

Online platforms

Zoom
Google Meet