About Natalie
Natalie Harrod is an AASW counsellor with 20 years working in mental health and related support roles. She focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, depression and mood conditions. Natalie also supports people facing career challenges, addiction concerns and major life changes.
Natalie aims to meet people where they are. Sessions are shaped around each person's needs and goals. She listens for what matters most and works alongside clients to set small, achievable steps.
How Natalie works
Her approach blends talking therapies and skills practice. Natalie uses techniques drawn from attachment-based work, cognitive behavioural ideas and mindfulness to help people notice patterns and try different responses. Narrative and client-centred influences guide conversations about identity and values.
People come for help with relationships, parenting stresses, family-of-origin issues and ongoing trauma or abuse. She also supports those dealing with anger, low self-esteem, compassion fatigue and ADHD-related difficulties. Natalie addresses specific problems such as abandonment, communication breakdowns and body image concerns.
Natalie keeps language straightforward and sessions focused on usable strategies. She values respect, sensitivity and collaboration in therapy. If someone is uncertain about therapy, she aims to make first steps less daunting and to work at a pace that feels manageable.
Natalie lists 6 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
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | AASW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Australia |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches suited to online work
Attachment-based work pays attention to how early relationships shape current patterns. In online sessions this can help people understand why certain situations trigger strong reactions and how to try new ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying different behaviours. It often involves short exercises and home practice that translate well to video or phone sessions. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple paying-attention skills to reduce reactivity and improve focus, useful for stress, anxiety and mood management.Finding the right approach is part of the process and Natalie works on that together with each person. She will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, and then test approaches in session to see what helps. The plan can change as needs evolve so people are involved in decisions about their care.
Online therapy offers flexibility around busy schedules and geography. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier on low-data connections, while live chat and text sessions suit quick check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit regular sessions into work, parenting or study timetables and to keep momentum between appointments.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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