If life feels too much right now, therapy can help you slow down, make sense of what you’re feeling, and gently reconnect with yourself again.

 

I’m Natelie Henriques, an Integrative Counsellor and Somatic Trauma Therapist specialising in perinatal mental health, trauma, and nervous system regulation.

My work supports you to understand what is happening not only in your thoughts, but also in your body helping you move from overwhelm into steadiness, clarity, and calm.

 

WHO I SUPPORT

 

I work with people who are experiencing:

• Anxiety, panic, or constant worry

• Emotional exhaustion or burnout

• Trauma symptoms or feeling “on edge”

• Pregnancy, birth, or postnatal distress

• Fertility challenges or pregnancy loss

• Low mood, sadness, or emotional disconnection

• Addiction recovery alongside life stress

• ADHD-related overwhelm or emotional regulation difficulties

• Grief and significant life transitions

• Individuals & Couples

 

YOU MIGHT BE CONSIDERING THERAPY IF YOU…

• Feel overwhelmed during pregnancy, postpartum, or parenting

• Experience guilt, intrusive thoughts, or emotional intensity

• Feel disconnected from yourself or your baby

• Are trying to cope but feel like you’re holding everything together internally

• Struggle to rest, switch off, or feel calm

• Are moving through recovery, loss, or ongoing emotional stress

Whatever you’re carrying, therapy offers a space where you don’t have to hold it alone.

 

HOW I WORK

 

My approach is warm, relational, and trauma-informed.

Alongside talking therapy, I also work with the body because trauma, stress, and overwhelm are not only experienced in the mind, but also held in the nervous system.

In sessions, we may explore:

• emotional patterns and life experiences

• body sensations and stress responses

• grounding and calming techniques

• breath, awareness, and nervous system regulation tools

 

This helps you begin to understand your internal world in a different way and develop practical tools you can use in everyday life when things feel overwhelming.

The aim is not to “fix” you, but to help your system feel safer, steadier, and more connected.

 

MY APPROACH

 

I am an Integrative Counsellor and Somatic Trauma Therapist.

This means I draw on different therapeutic approaches depending on what you need, including:

• person-centred therapy

• psychodynamic understanding

• cognitive behavioural approaches

• somatic (body-based) trauma work

• creative and relational therapy

 

You are not expected to fit into one method the therapy adapts to you.

 

MY EXPERIENCE

Alongside my private practice, I work with MumsAid, a perinatal mental health charity supporting mothers through pregnancy and postpartum challenges. Offering counselling and also co -faciliating a Trauma Group.

 

I also bring extensive experience as a Birth and Postnatal Doula, Antenatal Educator, Hypnobirthing Instructor, and Bodyworker.

I have worked within NHS services and community settings supporting families across South East London and North Kent.

My background gives me a deep understanding of the emotional, physical, and identity shifts that can come with motherhood, trauma, and life transitions.