Natalie Brunning, BACP

Natalie Brunning is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression and struggles with addiction. She also supports people dealing with low self-esteem, motivation difficulties, and the aftermath of sexual and domestic abuse. Natalie works with each person at their own pace and aims to make the first step feel manageable.

Natalie has been practising for 15 years and holds BACP registration, which means she is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Her background includes work with complex trauma, including post-traumatic stress reactions and dissociative identity difficulties. That experience informs how she approaches safety and pacing in sessions.

In sessions she focuses on listening and creating space for people to say what matters to them. Conversations are grounded and straightforward. Natalie helps people make sense of difficult feelings and find practical ways to reduce daily stress and improve mood.

She also supports people managing body image concerns, relationship challenges connected to attachment, and life changes such as aging, caregiving, chronic illness or cancer. Other areas she sees include adoption and foster care issues, codependency, and sexual expression questions such as BDSM and kink.

Natalie works from the United Kingdom and carries out therapy in English. International clients are accepted. To begin, readers can use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

How evidence-based techniques translate to online care

Many evidence-based therapeutic techniques focus on clear steps and practical skills that people can use between sessions. For example, trauma-focused work concentrates on helping someone understand and manage intense memories and reactions, using gradual pacing and grounding methods to reduce overwhelm. Cognitive-style approaches help people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and try small behaviour changes to improve mood and reduce anxiety.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals, symptoms and preferences, and then suggest ways of working that match those needs. This is a collaborative process and can be reviewed as therapy progresses.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by reducing travel and allowing conversations from wherever the client is based. It can also offer flexibility for short check-ins or longer weekly sessions, depending on what the therapist and client agree. Because the original biography does not list specific session formats, confirm which formats are offered before booking. Many people find that remote sessions help keep therapy consistent while juggling work, family and other commitments.