About Nathalie
How I came to this work
For much of my life, I was searching for the same thing many of my clients are searching for: a deeper understanding of what helps us heal and grow.
Before the therapy room
That curiosity led me down a path that wasn't entirely linear. Before becoming a therapist, I spent nearly two decades in clinical research, including work in neuroscience, traumatic brain injury studies, Alzheimer's disease, and oncology. I was fascinated by the resilience of the human body and the complexity of the brain, but over time I found myself drawn to questions that data alone couldn't answer.
Why do some experiences stay with us long after they're over? What helps us feel safe enough to change? What allows us not just to survive, but to truly come alive?
Training & formation
Those questions eventually led me to a Master's in Mental Health Counseling at Bethel Seminary, along with graduate studies at Fuller Theological Seminary, where I explored how meaning, relationships, and the inner life shape who we become. Along the way, I grew increasingly drawn to the connection between emotional healing, the nervous system, and the wisdom we carry within us.
My own life has included seasons of loss, uncertainty, burnout, and rebuilding. Those experiences deepened what I had already begun to understand professionally: lasting change often asks more of us than insight alone. It asks us to include the mind, body, and heart.
“There is a voice that doesn't use words.
Listen.”
— Rumi
How I work today
Today, I work mostly with adults working through complex trauma, anxiety, attachment wounds, burnout, grief, and life transitions. My approach brings together EMDR, Internal Family Systems (IFS), somatic therapy, and other trauma-informed modalities. I work to make our time together warm, grounded, and collaborative, somewhere you can look at both what hurts and what's possible.
More than anything, I feel grateful to do this work. It changed my own life, and over the years I've had the privilege of watching it change my clients' lives too. That's what keeps me here, and it's why, whenever you feel ready, I would be honored to walk alongside you.
How I hold this work
You're not a problem to be solved.
We'll go at your pace, never faster than feels safe.
You don't have to arrive with the right words.
And you won't be doing any of this alone.
If something here feels familiar,