- Experiential methods
- Somatic practices
- Plainspoken guidance
About Natalie
Natalie Janinski is an ACA counsellor who brings three years of practice and lived experience to her work. She focuses on helping people who are stressed, anxious, or challenged by relationship and family difficulties. Her approach aims to help people feel more like themselves again through hands-on, experiential work.
Natalie uses experiential methods alongside somatic tools such as breathwork and mindful focusing. She adapts sessions to what a person needs in the moment, using movement and simple body-based exercises when helpful. This practical focus is aimed at easing anxiety, panic-related reactions, and patterns like people pleasing or self-sabotage.
Sessions move at a steady, person-led pace. Natalie listens for what is most troubling and then works with memories, body responses, and present thoughts to reduce distress. She talks in plain terms and offers concrete exercises people can use between sessions.
People often come for help with trauma, shame, attachment issues, or trouble trusting themselves. Natalie also supports those dealing with anger, eating-related concerns, dissociation, and complex patterns such as codependency or commitment anxiety. She frames these as solvable problems to work on together.
Her practice is collaborative and down-to-earth. She invites prospective clients to reach out for a brief chat to see if the fit feels right, and to answer simple questions about how she works and what to expect.
How experiential and somatic approaches work online
Experiential approaches focus on bringing feelings and memories into the present so they can shift. In practice this might mean guided inner noticing, tracking parts of yourself, or brief exercises that help an upsetting memory change its hold. These methods can help with anxiety, panic-related reactions, shame and self-sabotaging patterns.Somatic techniques look at the body’s role in stress and regulation. Examples include breathwork, simple movement inspired by yoga, polyvagal-informed pacing, and mindful focusing. These tools aim to reduce bodily reactivity and build steadier breathing and attention during moments of panic or overwhelm.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the person to choose methods that match their goals, comfort and pace. That choice is reviewed over a few sessions so changes can be made if something does not feel helpful.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and let people use breath or movement practices where they find them most useful. Appropriately qualified therapists can adapt experiential and somatic exercises for remote sessions so they remain practical and relevant.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
3+ years
Listed in
Australia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What types of concerns does Natalie help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, and anger. Additional focus areas include attachment issues, codependency, eating and food-related concerns, and feelings of emptiness.
How would you describe Natalie’s therapy style?
Her style is experiential and body-informed, using breathwork, mindful focusing and movement alongside talk. Sessions emphasise practical exercises you can use between meetings.
What is her professional background?
She has three years of clinical practice and identifies as a lived experience practitioner. Her work blends experiential approaches with somatic techniques.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is listed with the ACA and practises in Australia.
Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients at this time.
Which session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options with the therapist before booking.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work together?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist’s availability. Natalie also offers a brief chat to answer questions and check fit.