Natalie Wilkinson, BACP

Natalie Wilkinson is a counsellor registered with the BACP and has six years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She lists anxiety, grief, self esteem and coping with life changes among the concerns she helps people with. Natalie also works with issues such as addictions, depression and LGBT matters, and she notes additional focus areas including panic attacks, phobias, fertility and pregnancy-related concerns.

Natalie uses a Client-Centred Therapy approach. She keeps sessions straightforward and person-centred, giving people room to talk through what matters to them. Conversations move at a steady pace and aim to make difficult feelings easier to name and manage.

In practical terms Natalie helps people notice unhelpful patterns and try small, doable changes between sessions. She listens for what is getting in the way of everyday goals and discusses simple steps that might reduce stress or social worry. This can include planning short behavioural experiments or practising brief grounding techniques.

Her experience includes working with life transitions and the emotional fallout from loss. She also supports people dealing with panic and phobic reactions, and those trying to rebuild confidence after difficult events. Sessions focus on what someone can do now to feel a little more in control.

For people worried about taking the first step, Natalie explains how to begin and what to expect in a first meeting. She asks about current concerns and preferred ways of working, then agrees small goals for the coming weeks.

How Client-Centred work translates to online sessions