Natalie’s focus and private practice encompasses military veterans, first responders, various health and education professionals and those who have experienced domestic and/or interpersonal violence. She has been around and affiliated with the military community in various local, national and international capacities since 1998, and was employed under the umbrella of corrections and mental health as a frontline worker for 13 years before becoming a counselling therapist. Natalie is a current member with the Chivalric Order, The Order of St. George, and holds a strong dedication to consented collaboration with other professionals, as beneficial and needed, to provide exceptional care for her clients.

Natalie has a friendly Newfoundlander/Acadian heritage (no accent) and interacts with all clients as individuals through a trauma-informed lens. Her patience, mediation and interpersonal skills comes from extensive work experience and training, and a history of defusing hostile and sometimes violent situations in residential/treatment facilities. Accountable clients who are authentic, curious yet ready, motivated, and self-reflective work best with Natalie.

She is likewise a regular participant in her clienteles’ overall health and case management. A careful navigation on how clients may vary from session to session is implemented based on the person’s memory and retention level(s), dissociation, attachment and learning style(s). She also offers various tones of voice and approaches to help regulate, empower and motivate you, and offers regular opportunities for feedback on sessions.

Natalie is an insured Licensed Counselling Therapist – Candidate with the College of Counselling Therapists of New Brunswick (CCTNB), and a Canadian Certified Counsellor in good standing with the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA). She obtained her Masters in Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University, a graduate certificate equivalent in Mental Health Psychology from the University of Liverpool in England, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from UNBSJ. She’s a Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist through Arizona Trauma Institute International, and offers Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Narrative Exposure Therapy, weaves in elements of Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) into sessions, and talk therapy methods when suitable and appropriate for trauma clientele.

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