Natasha Kelly, BACP

Natasha Kelly is a counsellor who uses a person-centred approach to help people through tough life changes. She combines practical talking therapy with gentle guidance to help clients make sense of stress, anxiety and midlife shifts.

Before retraining as a counsellor, Natasha worked as a primary school teacher. She has also written about mental health for a range of websites and has experience working in NHS services, charities and private practice. Natasha holds BACP accreditation, which she uses to inform her professional practice.

Sessions tend to focus on what matters now. Natasha helps people identify patterns that keep them stuck and supports them to try different ways of coping. She draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to address unhelpful thoughts and on mindfulness to build calmer awareness.

For clients facing relationship strain or intimacy questions, she brings techniques from Imago relationship work alongside client-centred listening. She can also offer hypnotherapy as an option to support relaxation and habit change when appropriate.

Natalie works with a broad set of concerns including stress, depression, low self-esteem, addiction-related worries, grief and career strain. She also helps with family-related challenges such as blended family issues, caregiver stress, codependency and midlife crisis. Practical steps and steady listening are central to her way of working.

Approaches that suit online therapy and life transitions

Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what the person says so they feel understood and can decide what to work on. It helps when someone is unsure where to start or wants a supportive space to think things through.

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact. In short sessions it can help with anxiety, low mood and practical coping strategies for stress or workplace problems.

Mindfulness-based ideas teach simple attention skills to reduce reactivity and calm the mind. These techniques often suit people dealing with sleep problems, overwhelming worry or compassion fatigue.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try out different methods and agree what feels most helpful. This is a collaborative process that can change as needs evolve.

Confirm current session options before booking because specific formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also help people join sessions from locations with quieter surroundings or where attending in person is difficult. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt techniques like CBT and mindfulness to work well at a distance.