Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
- Depression
How Natalie works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Natalie
Natalie Dukes is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 25 years of experience. She sees people who are overwhelmed by stress, anger, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, or life transitions. Her approach is straightforward and practical, aimed at helping people regain calm and clearer thinking.
Natalie believes there is no single right way to do therapy. She draws on a mix of methods to match each person's needs. Sessions often focus on understanding patterns, changing unhelpful thoughts or behaviors, and building stronger emotional skills.
Background and approach
Her background includes long clinical experience working with concerns such as addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting strain, and issues related to identity and intimacy. She also supports people managing ADHD, bipolar mood patterns, and compassion fatigue from caregiving roles.
Natalie uses client-centered methods to create a respectful space and cognitive behavioral tools to help people notice and shift thought and behavior patterns. Emotion-focused techniques help when relationships or attachment wounds are central, and mindfulness skills are added to calm the body and mind in the moment.
In practical terms, sessions can include coaching-style conversations, skill practice, and narrative work to reframe difficult stories. She aims to help people leave sessions with concrete steps they can try between meetings. Natalie practices in Florida as an FL LMHC and conducts sessions in English.
People who choose her often want clear, usable strategies and steady support through recovery and change. She encourages prospective clients to consider what they want to change and to begin with a short matching questionnaire to find a good fit.
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
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- 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 of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- 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
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Natalie lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative 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.
How Natalie’s approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding each person's perspective and building a respectful working relationship. In online sessions this often means the therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps clients name their concerns so they feel understood and seen.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. Online CBT sessions typically include teaching simple exercises, assigning practice between sessions, and reviewing progress together.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people work on attachment and relationship patterns by identifying emotions and responses that keep them stuck. Used online, it can guide people through in-the-moment awareness and new ways of interacting with others or themselves.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Natalie works collaboratively with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and comfort level. She adjusts her plan over time based on what is helping and what feels workable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for longer sessions and interactive skill work, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can be good for brief check-ins or step-by-step coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to continue support during life transitions.
Questions people ask about Natalie
What issues does Natalie work with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, relationship and family concerns, and addictions, among other issues listed in her specialties.
What is her general therapy style?
She uses a blend of client-centered care, cognitive behavioral techniques, emotion-focused work, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to match what each person needs.
How much experience does she have?
Natalie has 25 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of concerns and life circumstances.
Where is Natalie licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor practicing in Florida and holds the credential FL LMHC.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and preferences.
How does the cost and start process work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time; to begin, select Start Therapy, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a time.