Works with
How Natalie works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC, LPCC
- Licensed in
- Ohio, Missouri, Arizona, California
- Years in practice
- 27
- Languages
- English, French
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Natalie
Natalie Alepin is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC and LPCC, with 27 years of clinical experience. She practices from Missouri and brings long experience in outpatient, inpatient, and crisis settings. Natalie works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, anger, grief, relationship strain, and other life challenges.
Her style is warm and interactive. Natalie listens with respect and aims to create honest, practical conversations. She focuses on helping people manage strong emotions, improve daily functioning, and make changes that fit their lives.
Background and approach
Natalie uses several approaches to shape sessions, including cognitive behavioral ideas to notice and shift unhelpful thoughts, client-centered techniques to follow each person’s pace, and elements of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and move toward them. She also draws on existential and Jungian perspectives when exploring meaning and life transitions.
Sessions tend to be straightforward and goal-oriented while staying responsive to how someone is feeling in the moment. Natalie helps people build coping skills for anger, addiction, chronic illness, parenting strain, career decisions, and grief. She is comfortable addressing complex health or caregiving stress.
Natalie offers work in English and French and has many years of experience with a wide range of concerns. She frames therapy as a collaboration and adjusts the plan as needs change. The emphasis is on practical steps, clearer perspective, and steady progress.
What Natalie works with
Everything Natalie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Natalie's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- ADHD
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Natalie lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches for online work
Natalie blends cognitive behavioral methods with client-centered and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas to guide online sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying thought and behavior patterns that contribute to distress and teaches concrete skills to change them, which can help with anxiety, depression, and anger. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and following the person’s pace so the conversation stays relevant to their needs. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and practice small actions that align with those values, useful for coping and motivation.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Natalie treats therapy as a collaborative effort and will work with the person to try approaches that match their goals and preferences. Together they adjust strategies over time based on what helps in everyday life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make sessions flexible. Video is useful for fuller conversation and visual cues. Phone works well when bandwidth is limited or for a focused check-in. Live chat and text messages suit brief check-ins, written reflection, or when someone prefers typing. These options make it easier to fit work on coping skills, anger management, and life changes into a busy schedule.
Questions people ask about Natalie
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She helps people address stress, anxiety, depression, anger, grief, addiction, relationship and parenting issues, ADHD, sleep and eating problems, chronic illness, and career or life changes.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is warm and interactive with a focus on practical steps. Sessions combine listening, skill-building, and goal-setting tailored to each person.
How long has she practiced?
She has 27 years of clinical experience working in crisis, outpatient, and inpatient settings.
Where is she based and what credentials does she hold?
She is based in Missouri and holds the credentials LPC and LPCC as provided in her profile.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and French.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.