- Focus on relationships
- Practical coping skills
- Support with adoption
About Natalie
Natalie Dukes is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 25 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, and major life changes. Her work also includes support around adoption and foster care concerns when those issues arise in therapy.
Natalie keeps sessions straightforward and practical. She listens first, then helps clients choose tools that fit their life. Common steps include clarifying goals, practicing skills for better communication and emotion regulation, and checking progress each week.
Her background spans many settings and a wide range of concerns. Over two decades she has worked with people facing depression, addiction, trauma and abuse, ADHD, bipolar mood challenges, and caregiver stress. That experience informs a flexible approach rather than a single method.
She draws on client-centered principles to keep the work focused on each person's priorities. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to change unhelpful thinking and build coping skills. Emotionally-focused ideas help people notice and reshape patterns in relationships.
Natalie aims to make therapy useful and doable. She invites clients to set reachable goals and practices between sessions. If adoption or foster care is part of the story, she addresses those themes alongside other concerns to help people move forward.
How Natalie’s approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s priorities. In this approach the therapist follows the client’s lead and helps people find their own solutions, which can work well in regular online check-ins.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches clear strategies to change thinking and behavior. Online sessions can include concrete skill practice such as mood tracking, behavioral experiments, and short between-session exercises to build coping tools.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people shift interactional habits. In remote work this often means identifying moments that repeat between partners or family members and rehearsing new responses during sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they review what works and adjust techniques over time.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, allow shorter focused check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, share worksheets, and set practical between-session tasks to keep progress moving forward.
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Experience
25+ years
Credentials
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Natalie commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, ADHD, and related concerns such as abandonment and attachment issues.
What is Natalie’s general therapy style?
Her style is pragmatic and collaborative. She listens, helps set clear goals, and uses skills practice to address emotions and relationships.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has 25 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of concerns and backgrounds, which she uses to tailor the approach to each person.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, licensed in Florida and practicing from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Natalie?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.