Natasha Cunningham, BACP

Natasha Cunningham is a counsellor and psychotherapist who draws on ten years of practice. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Natasha works with adults and young people aged 11 and over. She listens and helps people find clear steps through stress, anxiety, grief and other pressures.

Her approach is integrative, which means she uses several well-established ways of working to suit each person. That can include client-centred listening, talking about how thoughts affect feelings with cognitive behavioural techniques, or looking at past patterns using psychodynamic ideas. She also uses skills from dialectical behaviour therapy when someone needs tools to manage intense emotions.

Natasha has worked across voluntary, statutory and private services. She spent seven years supporting students in higher education with difficulties such as low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, perfectionism and procrastination. She has additional experience in schools, colleges and child and adolescent mental health services.

In sessions people can expect focused practical work alongside space to make sense of feelings. Natasha offers both short-term and longer-term pathways depending on what is needed. Her background in psychology and a postgraduate diploma in therapeutic counselling shape a calm, practical style.

People contact her for many reasons, including relationship strain, parenting stress, trauma and addiction issues. She helps clients set realistic goals and find steady ways to cope with life changes and ongoing pressures.

How Natasha’s approaches translate to online therapy

Client-centred work focuses on listening and helping clients find their own solutions; online sessions let this unfold through conversation and reflective questioning to build understanding and self-direction. CBT involves identifying unhelpful thoughts and practising different behaviours; that work transfers well to video or phone sessions where thought records and behavioural tasks can be set between meetings.

DBT offers practical skills for managing intense emotions and improving coping; therapists can teach and rehearse grounding, breathing and emotion-regulation exercises during live sessions and follow up with written reminders or coaching via messaging. Natasha will collaborate with each person to decide which approaches fit their goals and daily life, adapting methods over time based on progress and preference.

Online therapy brings practical benefits for people with busy schedules or mobility limits. Video calls recreate a face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier when someone prefers no camera. Live chat or text-based messaging can suit shorter check-ins, ongoing encouragement or homework support between full sessions. Registered or accredited professionals can offer this mix of formats so therapy fits around work, school and family routines.