Natalie Harrod

Natalie Harrod is an AASW-accredited counsellor with 20 years of professional experience in Australia. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, mood concerns and life changes. Natalie aims to meet you where you are and make the first step easier to take.

Her approach is practical and respectful. Sessions focus on what is worrying you now and what you want to change. She listens, asks straightforward questions and helps you shape a plan that fits your life. Conversations are tailored to each person rather than applying a single method to everyone.

Natalie draws on a range of ways to work with clients, including attachment-based ideas, cognitive behavioural techniques and narrative methods. These tools help with difficult feelings, unhelpful thinking patterns and problems with self-image or relationships. Mindfulness exercises are used when they suit a person’s goals.

She has worked across mental health, career difficulties and situational crises during her career. That experience informs how she supports people with grief, trauma, addiction and compassion fatigue, among other concerns. Natalie emphasises clear goals and steady progress over time.

People often come to her for help with parenting stress, relationship strain, ADHD challenges, or finding purpose after a big life change. She encourages honest talk about what’s working and what needs to shift. If you decide to start, she will help you set a clear plan for the next steps.

How Natalie’s approaches translate to online therapy

Attachment-based work looks at patterns in close relationships and how early connections shape current reactions; online sessions can be used to notice these patterns and practise new ways of relating. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so people feel heard and can find their own solutions; this is useful for building confidence and talking through life changes. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and test them with small experiments, which suits practical goals like managing anxiety or mood swings.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Natalie will discuss your goals and preferences and help choose or combine methods that suit you. This is a collaborative process where the plan can change as you progress.

The biography does not list specific online formats, so confirm current options before booking. Many people find remote sessions make it easier to fit therapy into their week, allow shorter check-ins when needed and reduce travel time. Remote work can also help keep continuity when schedules or locations change, while still allowing for structured therapeutic tasks between sessions.