Meet Natalie

Hi, I'm Natalie.

Hi, I'm Natalie.

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Years of experience

About me

PLACEHOLDER BIOGRAPHY. Natalie's training, licence, years in practice and route into this work go here, in her words. Nothing in this paragraph has been invented, because a clinician's credentials are not a thing to fill in speculatively.

The Point of This

Why I work this way

The Point of This

Why I work this way

The Point of This

Why I work this way

MostoftheyoungpeopleImeethavealreadyhadaversionoftherapythataskedthemtoexplaintheiridentity,ortheirbrain,beforeanythingusefulcouldstart.Thatisalotofunpaidworktodowhileyouaretheonewhoneedshelp.
MostoftheyoungpeopleImeethavealreadyhadaversionoftherapythataskedthemtoexplaintheiridentity,ortheirbrain,beforeanythingusefulcouldstart.Thatisalotofunpaidworktodowhileyouaretheonewhoneedshelp.
MostoftheyoungpeopleImeethavealreadyhadaversionoftherapythataskedthemtoexplaintheiridentity,ortheirbrain,beforeanythingusefulcouldstart.Thatisalotofunpaidworktodowhileyouaretheonewhoneedshelp.
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“You should not have to teach your therapist who you are before you can get any help.”

Sothispracticestartsfurtheralong.Queer-affirmingandneurodivergent-affirmingarethebaseline,notanareaofinterest,andtheworkbeginswithwhatyouactuallycameinfor.
Sothispracticestartsfurtheralong.Queer-affirmingandneurodivergent-affirmingarethebaseline,notanareaofinterest,andtheworkbeginswithwhatyouactuallycameinfor.
Sothispracticestartsfurtheralong.Queer-affirmingandneurodivergent-affirmingarethebaseline,notanareaofinterest,andtheworkbeginswithwhatyouactuallycameinfor.

How We Work

How sessions actually go

How We Work

How sessions actually go

How We Work

How sessions actually go

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The First Call

Fifteen minutes, free, by phone or video. You can ask me anything, including whether I am the wrong fit. There are no forms to fill in first and nothing to prepare. If you would rather write than talk, email works too.

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Fifteen minutes, free, by phone or video. You can ask me anything, including whether I am the wrong fit. There are no forms to fill in first and nothing to prepare. If you would rather write than talk, email works too.

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The First Call

Fifteen minutes, free, by phone or video. You can ask me anything, including whether I am the wrong fit. There are no forms to fill in first and nothing to prepare. If you would rather write than talk, email works too.

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My Commitment

What I will not do

I will not ask you to mask, to make eye contact, or to sit still to prove you are listening. I will not treat being queer or being neurodivergent as the problem we are solving.

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Client satisfaction

Rated their experience as excellent or very good in our 2024 annual survey

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Meaningful progress

Reported clinically significant improvement within 16 sessions

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Average years with Northlight Counseling

Clients who stay tend to stay, because it works

What You Can Count On

What you cancount on

Five things I hold to, in every session, whoever is in the room.

What You Can Count On

What you cancount on

Five things I hold to, in every session, whoever is in the room.

What You Can Count On

What you cancount on

Five things I hold to, in every session, whoever is in the room.

Confidentiality, explained first

You find out exactly what is private and what is not at the START, not after you have already said it. The legal exceptions are explained in plain words, and if we ever reach one I tell you rather than going around you.

No translation work

You are not spending your session teaching me vocabulary. Queer, trans, nonbinary, autistic, ADHD: I know the words, so we can use the time on what you actually came for.

Your report is evidence

What you say about your own experience is where we start, not a claim to be verified. That includes self-identified neurodivergence and it includes what you know about your own body.

No performance of listening

Eye contact is optional. So is sitting still. Fidget, pace, draw, or write it down instead of saying it out loud. None of it is read as resistance.

Honest about fit

If I am not the right therapist for you, I will say so and help you find someone who is. That is a better outcome than a standing appointment that is not working.

Your therapist

The person you would be talking to

A therapist for teens and young adults who works from the client's own wiring outward, rather than asking them to translate themselves first.

Your therapist

The person you would be talking to

A therapist for teens and young adults who works from the client's own wiring outward, rather than asking them to translate themselves first.

Natalie

Therapist and Founder

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Young Adults

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Natalie

Therapist and Founder

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Start Here

Start with aconversation

Start with aconversation

A free 15 minute call, by phone or video, whichever is easier. No intake forms before it, and no pressure to book anything after it.

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