About Natalie
Natalie Bouffard-Lewis uses talk-based therapy grounded in evidence-informed approaches to help people manage stress and relationship strain. She combines practical strategies with reflective work to address anxiety, depression, parenting concerns, and life transitions. Natalie holds both a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist credential and a Licensed Professional Counselor credential.
LMFT and LPC indicate clinical licensure in Texas and she brings ten years of experience to her practice. Natalie focuses on clear goals and concrete steps.
How Natalie works
Sessions often include skills practice, ways to shift unhelpful thinking, and experiments to test new behaviors. She also explores personal stories and past patterns to uncover how early experiences affect current choices. That mix helps when people need both immediate tools and longer-term understanding.
She frames therapy as a collaborative process. Clients and Natalie set goals together and track progress over time. She listens without judgment and helps people spot patterns that get in the way of change.
Her background blends clinical training with a creative perspective. That often means using different ways of talking about a problem until one clicks for the person in front of her. Natalie draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness, narrative ideas, and psychodynamic thinking as fits the situation.
Sessions are offered in English from Texas. Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Getting started involves completing a short matching questionnaire and then scheduling a time that aligns with the therapist's availability.
Natalie lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Natalie works with
The areas below are the ones Natalie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LMFT, LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Many of Natalie’s methods lend themselves to remote work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It often includes specific homework and skills practice that can be tracked between video or text sessions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills that translate into concrete tools people can use day to day. Mindfulness Therapy helps people notice thoughts and sensations without getting swept up, and can be practiced during short exercises or guided sessions online.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Natalie collaborates with each person to decide which methods feel most useful. She will suggest options, try different techniques, and adjust plans based on goals and what actually helps in session and between visits.
Online therapy offers practical benefits like scheduling flexibility and easier access from different locations. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging supports brief check-ins or skills coaching between longer appointments. These formats help people fit therapy into busy lives and keep momentum between sessions.
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