Natalie Clarke
Therapy
UK-based integrative psychotherapist offering online therapy for adults experiencing trauma, anxiety, neurodivergence and identity-related stress. LGBTQ+ affirming and trauma-informed.
Therapy FAQ
Where and when?
I am currently only offering online or phone sessions. I offer a mix of morning, afternoon and some early evening slots. I do not currently offer any sessions on the weekend.
Cost?
The standard session price is a offered on a scale of £90-£140. Where you might fall in that scale is based on your income/financial situation and is negotiated between us.
For information on my reduced fee offerings please see the Concessions page.
All sessions last 50 minutes.
Availability?
My practice is currently full, but I am operating a waiting list.
Please note, I am not always online and so while I aim to reply to all messages within three days, some times it does take longer.
What are your qualifications?
I have an MA and Advanced Postgraduate Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling from The Minster Centre. I am a Registered Member of the BACP and a Full Clincial Member of the UKCP. I am also a member of The Relational School.
I have undergone extra training in DBT and hold Certificates in Psychosexual therapy and in working with autistic adults.
I have been regularly seeing clients since 2016 and I am committed to Continuing Professional Development and often undertake extra training.
I adhere to the UK ethical frameworks as set out by both the BACP and UKCP.
How do we start?
If you think therapy is right for you, and are interested in working together, please send me an email and if I have a space I will invite you for an initial session. During this I will ask some questions about you, what’s brought you to therapy and your history. You will also have a chance to find out a little about me and the way I work too. This session is designed as a chance for both of us to see if we will be able to work well together. If we decide that it isn't a good fit I would be happy to help find a referral for you, if wanted.
How often will we meet?
I only offer weekly therapy, so this means our working schedule will be once a week, every week at the same day and time, aside from the regular breaks I take at Easter, for August and for Christmas. This is a comittment we both make for the duration of our work together, meaning the intention is that we meet every week for as long as our work together lasts, excluding breaks.
I do, on occasion, offer twice weekly sessions if we decide that it woud be supoortive.
I am currenlty unable to offer double-legnth sessions or sessions on a fortnightly basis.
How long will I be in therapy?
I work in an open-ended way. This means I will work with you for a long as you need and as long as the therapy is useful to you. I find that I usually work with people for at least a year.
Who comes to therapy with you?
I work with a wide variety of people, but people who have seen me include queer people, trans and non-binary people, neurodivergent people (especially people with ADHD, and late-discovered and high masking autistic women and afab people), people who are non-monogamous and/or polyamorous or in open relationships, people from a working class background, people of colour, sex workers, and people who practice kink/BDSM. I also frequently work with people who have auto-immune or chronic illness, and those with Long Covid. My practice is neurodivergent led.
I am queer and trans friendly, including non-binary identities. I am also kink aware and see sex work as work. I am body positive and practice fat acceptance. As a white person I aim to be as anti-racist as possible and my therapeutic approach is influenced by queer theory and intersectional feminism. I am deeply influenced by disability justice, and aim to create a neurodiversity-affirming practice. I am interested in anti-oppressive and decolonial frameworks and aim to make my counselling practice an inclusive and diverse space where we, with whatever differences we might have, can come together to explore, understand and work deeply together.
If you do not see yourself described on the above list it does not mean I can’t or won’t work with you, these are just some of the areas I tend to specialise in.
What type of issues do you work with?
This is an non-exhaustive list but I work with: abuse, anxiety, bereavement, depression, disability, trauma, stress, relationship breakdowns and conflicts, questions or issues around sexuality (including asexuality), questions or issues around gender, non-monogamy/polyamory, issues with family of origin, work problems, and exploring/working with with marginalised identities ( e.g. sexuality, gender identity, gender presentation, disability status, sex worker status and class background).
Teaching and Training
Alongside my therapy practice, I teach and deliver training on neuroaffirming and anti-oppressive therapeutic practice. I have lectured on neurodiversity for the Counselling Foundation course at Goldsmiths University and taught on Vanguard Neurodiversity Training's Certificate Course in Working Therapeutically with Autistic Adults. I have also delivered training for The Relational School and Talking Quest.
My particular interests include neurodiversity, intersectionality, anti-oppressive practice, and the ways that identity is shaped by wider social and relational contexts.
I have also developed and presented a concept I call The Double Mask, which emerged from noticing how some high-masking autistic adults begin to unmask only to discover aspects of their queer identities that have also been hidden. This work continues to inform my thinking about neurodiversity, identity and belonging.
When teaching, I aim to create spaces where people can think together about complex issues with curiosity, reflection and care. I have particular experience facilitating conversations around neurodiversity, gender, sexuality, race, privilege and oppression, supporting participants to engage thoughtfully with difference while remaining attentive to power, context and lived experience.
Looking for a trainer?
Please get in touch to discuss how I might assist with any training needs you might have - my contact form is below.
Psychosexual Therapy
I now offer psychosexual therapy having completed specialist training, being awarded The Grove’s Certificate in Psychosexual Therapy accredited by COSRT at Level 5.
This means I can work with a wide variety of sexual issues inlcuding desire discrepancy, painful sex, anorgasmia, rapid or delayed ejaculation, sexual shame impacting realtionships and more.
I also approach this work from a non-heteronormative, non-mononormative, kink positive , and feminist lens.
Covid Conscious
I operate from the position that the Covid-19 pandemic is both airborne and a mass death and mass disabling event, which is still on-going and which disproportionately affects already marginalised people.
For this reason I try to create a safe space within therapy for CC folks, including by currently only seeing clients online or by phone.
I frequently work with people impacted by the pandemic, whether by living with Long Covid, covid bereaved, or who are trying to naviagte the pandemic without broader mitagations in place.
For this reason I am alos on the Covid Conscious Therapists Directory.
Low Cost Options
I have two dedicated low-cost slots in my practice as part of my commitment to keeping therapy as accessible as possible. My low cost slots are currently full, but I am now operating a waiting list for them, so if you would like to added to this list, please send me an email.
Getting in touch
You can either send me an email direct or use the contact form opposite
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