Natalie Leslie, BACP

Natalie Leslie is a BACP-registered counsellor who works from a person-centred perspective to support people facing depression, anxiety, grief, and a range of life challenges. She creates a welcoming space where thoughts and feelings can be explored without judgment, and she encourages clients to take the courageous steps needed to pursue a more fulfilling life. Natalie collaborates with each person to build understanding, resilience, and practical ways of coping so that they can better navigate difficult emotions and transitions.

Natalie is also an accredited NHS Talking Therapies counsellor and has specialist training in Person-Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression (PCE-CFD). This training blends person-centred ideas with emotion-focused techniques and is geared toward people experiencing anxiety, low mood, and emotional overwhelm. Her approach offers an alternative to cognitive methods by emphasising emotional healing and reconnection with oneself.

With three years of professional practice, Natalie supports clients across areas such as relationships, parenting, sleep difficulties, career concerns, compassion fatigue, and issues related to ageing, chronic illness, and bereavement. She works in English and uses a gentle, empathetic style to help clients clarify their needs, process painful experiences, and find pathways to more balanced living.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Natalie draws on client-centred therapy to create a non-directive, empathetic space where clients lead the conversation and their experience is the starting point for change. This approach helps people who are struggling with low mood, life transitions, and issues around self-esteem by emphasising understanding, acceptance, and the client’s own capacity for growth.

She also uses elements of Emotionally-Focused Therapy, which focuses on identifying, experiencing, and processing emotions in the moment. EFT-style work can be useful for clients dealing with grief, relationship difficulties, emotional overwhelm, and patterns of avoidance or anxiety.

Natalie approaches the choice of method collaboratively, recognising that finding the right therapeutic fit is part of the work. She will discuss options with each person, adapting techniques to match their goals, preferences, and what emerges in sessions, so therapy feels tailored rather than one-size-fits-all.

Online therapy with Natalie is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different lifestyles and needs. These options make it easier to attend sessions around work, family, or health commitments and allow people to access registered professionals from their own living environment while maintaining continuity of care.