Natalie Brunning
Trauma-aware counsellor helping rebuild coping and confidence
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About Natalie
Natalie Brunning is a counsellor in the United Kingdom with more than 15 years of experience. She helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions and low self-esteem. Natalie aims to make the first step feel manageable and meets people at a pace that suits them.
Her practice focuses on complex trauma, including post-traumatic stress and dissociative symptoms, plus sexual and domestic abuse. She creates an open space where clients can talk about difficult memories and painful feelings without feeling judged.
Background and approach
Sessions are paced to fit the person's readiness and comfort. Natalie uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people understand patterns in their thinking and behaviour. She works on practical coping strategies for daily stress and supports people who want to reduce or manage addictive behaviours.
The approach balances emotional processing with hands-on skills for everyday life. Over the years she has supported people facing a wide range of concerns such as attachment difficulties, body image, chronic illness and caregiver stress. Natalie also has experience with issues connected to adoption and foster care, aging and neurodiversity.
Her work aims to strengthen self-worth and build clearer choices. Sessions are offered in English and Natalie accepts international clients. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to availability.
The service uses a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 15
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 186640
- Languages
- English
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Natalie's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Natalie works with
Everything Natalie lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
How Natalie works online
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences and what has or hasn't helped before. That helps decide whether to focus more on emotional processing, learning coping skills, or a mix of both, and this is reviewed as therapy progresses.
The biography does not list specific online formats, so please confirm current session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work and family commitments, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when a brief conversation is needed. It also makes access possible for people living abroad who want to work with a UK-based counsellor. Registered or accredited professionals can explain the practical details when you arrange your first appointment.
Questions and answers
What kinds of problems does Natalie help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions and low self-esteem, and also works with complex trauma and sexual or domestic abuse.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is open and paced to the client's needs, using evidence-based techniques to combine emotional processing with practical coping skills.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
Natalie has over 15 years of experience working with a wide range of concerns, including trauma, attachment issues and long-term health or caregiving stress.
What professional credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is BACP registered and practices in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Sessions are offered to international clients and are conducted in English.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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