About Natalie
Natalie Eden offers straightforward, compassionate care for people feeling overwhelmed by life's challenges. She works with clients who are dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addiction, relationship strain, parenting concerns, ADHD, and other struggles. Natalie uses a direct, person-focused style to help clients make choices that fit their lives and values.
Natalie brings 13 years of professional experience to her practice and holds both LCPC and LPC credentials. She trained at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, earning a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology, and also has a Master of Business Administration and a bachelor’s degree in English and communications.
How Natalie works
Her background includes work in an outpatient behavioral health clinic in downtown Chicago and years in independent practice. Her sessions emphasize helping people notice practical options and build on existing strengths. Natalie draws on client-centered methods to listen closely and create a respectful space.
She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and actions and to try different, workable strategies. Natalie can integrate motivational interviewing when someone is weighing a big change, and she uses elements of the Gottman method for relationship-focused goals. She also incorporates existential ideas to help people weigh meaning and values during life transitions.
Outside of practice she enjoys travel, writing, genealogy, and art. Natalie lives in Illinois and conducts sessions in English.
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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
- Grief
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LCPC, LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 13 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening with empathy and helping people find their own solutions. In online sessions that often means the therapist reflects what she hears and gently guides clients to notice options and next steps that feel right for them.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. Online CBT can include tracking thoughts between sessions, experimenting with new behaviors, and using video or messaging to review progress and adjust plans.
Motivational Interviewing helps people clarify their reasons for change and strengthen commitment. In remote work this approach is useful when someone is weighing big decisions, and sessions can include short exercises and planning conversations to build momentum.
Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk about goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps. Clients and the therapist check in together to choose methods that match needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers flexibility and practical benefits. Video calls let the therapist and client meet face to face, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports quick check-ins, and text messaging allows brief updates or coaching between longer sessions. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and make it easier to keep steady progress.
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