Natalie Baker
Person-centered counselor helping people find balance
LPC New Jersey
- Experience
- 18 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, LGBT, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Natalie
Natalie Baker is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in New Jersey with 18 years of experience in mental health. She uses a person-centered, humanistic style that aims to meet people where they are.
Background and approach
Natalie works to build a trusting, nonjudgmental relationship and helps clients set clear therapy goals. She has provided counseling in hospitals, residential programs, schools, partial care, and outpatient settings.
That background gives her experience with crisis, ongoing care, and transitions between levels of support. Natalie draws on several evidence-based methods to shape sessions around each person's needs.
In sessions she focuses on helping people notice patterns that live below awareness. Bringing those patterns into awareness supports better self-understanding and more self-compassion.
She also helps people improve internal communication and emotional regulation skills. Her clinical interests include stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, ADHD, grief, and coping with life changes.
Natalie also supports people navigating issues related to LGBT identity, gender dysphoria, parenting strain, caregiver stress, and career concerns. Additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment issues, codependency, family of origin problems, autism and Asperger syndrome, dissociation, and isolation or loneliness.
Natalie welcomes clients who want a collaborative, respectful approach to working toward clearer goals.
Approaches you can use online with a therapist
Gottman Method focuses on improving communication patterns, reducing negative cycles, and increasing connection through specific conversation and skill-building exercises. It can be useful for people wanting practical ways to manage relationship tension and improve day-to-day interactions.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions aligned with personal values. It is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and coping with life transitions. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy and acceptance. The therapist follows the client's lead and supports self-discovery and self-compassion, which can be especially helpful when someone is feeling stuck or uncertain.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. Together they will try strategies, check what's helping, and adjust the plan as needed so sessions stay focused on real-life change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and guided exercises. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text messaging can be used for shorter check-ins, homework support, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options offer flexibility for scheduling and make it easier to keep therapy consistent amid busy lives.
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Experience
18+ years
Licensed in
New Jersey
Languages
English