Natalie Mccarthy, BACP

Natalie Mccarthy is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She has four years of practice and offers a flexible, person-focused approach. Natalie aims to help people notice what matters to them and make changes that fit their life.

Natalie takes time to listen without judgement and to understand each person's story. She adapts her ways of working to suit the individual rather than using the same method for everyone. Sessions are calm and straightforward, with space to talk through difficult feelings and practical steps to try between meetings.

Her background includes supporting people who face anxiety, depression, trauma and loss. She also works with concerns such as relationship strain, addiction, sexual and gender identity questions, eating and sleep problems, and the stress of caregiving or illness. Natalie pays attention to attachment patterns and how past experiences affect present relationships.

In sessions she draws on approaches such as client-centred listening, cognitive-behavioural techniques and elements from dialectical behaviour therapy and existential thinking. This mix allows for both emotional exploration and practical coping skills when needed. Natalie encourages small experiments and reflections that can lead to steady changes.

The tone of her work is warm and down-to-earth. People can expect patience, gentle challenge when useful, and a focus on building self-understanding and stronger coping. Natalie helps clients find ways to feel more able to manage day-to-day pressures and major life shifts.

How Natalie’s Approaches Work Online

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people notice how they connect with others and find new ways of relating that feel safer and more satisfying.

Client-centred therapy puts the person’s experience at the heart of sessions. The therapist listens deeply, reflects what she hears, and supports the client to make their own choices and discoveries.

Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts, feelings and behaviours together. It offers clear, practical strategies for anxiety, low mood, sleep problems and unhelpful habits.

Natalie treats choice of approach as a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then try methods that fit those aims. That way the work evolves to match what is actually helping.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video can support in-depth discussion and visual cues, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits short check-ins and text messaging allows ongoing reflections between appointments. These options make therapy easier to fit around work, family and health needs while keeping the focus on making steady progress.