Therapist profile
Natalie Wakeley, LPC
Georgia
Licensed Professional Counselor - Anger and Trauma
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- CredentialsLPC
- LicenseLPC, Georgia / LPC011137
- NPI1487024659
- Experience6 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationGeorgia
About
- CBT techniques
- DBT skills
- Somatic work
About Natalie
Natalie Wakeley is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Georgia with six years of clinical experience. She works with adults dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, bipolar mood concerns, relationship and family matters, grief, parenting strain, anger, career stress, and compassion fatigue. Natalie also supports people facing attachment and abandonment issues, codependency, body image concerns, chronic illness and pain, and dissociation.
Natalie favors clear, practical work in sessions. She combines cognitive and behavioral tools with mindfulness and body-focused techniques. The aim is to identify patterns that keep emotions stuck and then practice different responses that shift day-to-day experience.
Her approach is collaborative and problem-focused. Sessions involve talking through recent struggles, trying specific exercises in session, and setting small tasks between meetings. Clients learn skills for emotion regulation, improved communication, and managing triggers for anger or overwhelm.
Natalie draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness practices, solution-focused strategies, and somatic techniques. Those methods help with thinking patterns, distress tolerance, present-moment awareness, goal setting, and bodily stress signals.
She asks clients to bring concrete examples to sessions - incidents at work, family interactions, or moments when anger escalates. From there she helps translate those moments into practical steps. Her work centers on building skills people can use right away to reduce reactivity and improve problem solving.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small behavioral experiments. Online sessions can include reviewing recent situations, assigning short practice tasks, and tracking changes between meetings. DBT emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills. In remote sessions Natalie can teach specific DBT skills, role-play conversations, and coach breathing or grounding techniques to manage strong emotions.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. She will work together with each client to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative choice guides the plan for skills practice and the focus of sessions going forward.
Confirm the exact session formats before booking since formats are not listed in the biography. Online work often makes it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allows short check-ins when needed, and supports practicing skills in everyday settings. For example, remote meetings can be used to review exercises tried between sessions, to rehearse difficult conversations, or to learn grounding techniques that help reduce reactivity in the moment.
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Experience
6+ years
Listed in
Georgia
Languages
English
Questions
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What kinds of problems does she help with?
Natalie works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, bipolar mood concerns, anger, relationship and family issues, grief, parenting, career changes, and compassion fatigue.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and practical. Sessions focus on identifying patterns, practicing skills in session, and using small between-session tasks.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has six years of professional experience as a counselor working with adults on mood, trauma, and emotion regulation issues.
What credential and location does she hold?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Georgia.
In what language are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the profile.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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