Natasha Lawrence

Natasha’s core values of non-judgemental acceptance, belief in each individual’s resilience and compassion underpin her work as a counsellor. Specialising in the process of recovery from complex trauma, she will accompany you on your journey as you reconnect to ‘self’. She welcomes people from diverse cultural, and social backgrounds. Her practice is person-centred, trauma-informed, LGBTQIA+ safe, and anti-oppressive.

Natasha’s interest and passion for counselling started with her own therapy. Experiencing this work, she knows how hard it is to open up to a counsellor and face the fears that are interfering with your life. She brings this personal experience as well as varied life experience to her client work. Having lived in two other countries outside Australia, Natasha understands the issues of belonging, identity, and finding a place to call home, as well as universal experiences such as depression, anxiety, and grief. She deepened her understanding of how grief affects all of us when she volunteered as a support worker with the National Association of Loss and Grief.

Natasha worked as a secondary school teacher in Australia and the UK. Wanting to try something new, she embarked on a career in the corporate sector. Both these very different workplaces gave her an insight into how pressure affects us and the coping strategies we use, whether helpful or not. Feeling like something was missing in her corporate job, Natasha returned to her first love of working with and listening to people.

Alongside private practice Natasha has worked as a crisis counsellor at women’s centres in Sydney, with expertise and advocacy in domestic violence and trauma recovery, supporting women who were holding shame, grief, loss of identity, and loneliness. Her passion to confront injustice and oppression of people through institutional and societal violence gives her an empathic understanding of the many challenges people face when they want to leave violence and start afresh. She is also a skilled group therapist, running therapeutic groups for women’s centres and various organisations around Sydney and NSW.

Couples Counsellor

Natasha works with couples focusing on the patterns that are interfering with the connection you seek with your partner. By bringing awareness to the dynamics at play in your relationship, Natasha will support you as you navigate your way back to each other.

Natasha uses Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) in relationship counselling which helps couples understand their attachment styles and the fears that get in the way of being emotionally vulnerable with your partner. Relationship therapy is hard work, and Natasha is committed to being there with you every step of the way as long as you are both invested in real long-term change.

For more information on EFT, visit https://iceeft.com/what-is-eft/

For a confidential, no obligation discussion on how EFT could help your relationship, free phone consultations are available with Natasha. Alternatively call or email us for more information.