Natalie is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with more than seven years of experience helping adults navigate anxiety, depression, chronic stress, relationship challenges, life transitions, trauma, and chronic pain. Before joining Embodied Wellness Center, Natalie spent years working in community mental health working with clients across a range of diagnoses, life experiences, and levels of need. That experience helped her become a well-rounded clinician who feels comfortable treating both common concerns like anxiety and burnout, as well as more complex mental health challenges.
If you’re looking for a therapist who will simply nod along, Natalie may not be the right fit. Her approach is direct, supportive, and genuine, or as she puts it, a little like having “an older sister you didn’t ask for.” She takes the time to understand what’s happening and make sure she has the full picture, but she also isn’t afraid to point out patterns, ask the difficult question, or offer a reality check when it’s needed. Her philosophy is to care for clients without coddling them: helping them recognize what they’re capable of, understand what’s within their control, and figure out what comes next.
Natalie especially enjoys working with people who feel stuck in the same patterns, whether that’s always being the fixer, struggling to say no, taking responsibility for everyone else’s needs, or repeatedly finding themselves in difficult family or relationship dynamics. She has a particular interest in codependency, people-pleasing, enmeshment, sibling and parent-child dynamics, caregiver stress, cultural and immigrant family dynamics, chronic illness and pain, and trauma. She also supports clients grieving the life or version of themselves they expected before chronic illness or other major life changes.
Therapy with Natalie balances insight with action. She uses humor, curiosity, practical problem-solving, and evidence-based approaches while also making room for emotions and how experiences show up in the body. Her goal is to help clients have those “lightbulb moments” where long-standing patterns finally make sense, then turn that new understanding into changes they can actually use in their everyday lives.
