Works with
How Natalie works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Missouri
- Years in practice
- 13
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Natalie
Natalie McQuinn is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri who helps people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, anger, and mood concerns. She approaches therapy with respect for each person’s experience and focuses on practical steps people can try between sessions. Natalie emphasizes that clients know their own story and brings that perspective into collaborative work.
Her style is straightforward and calm. Sessions aim to identify immediate coping skills and clearer ways to respond to intense feelings.
Background and approach
Natalie uses therapies that focus on thoughts, values, and building useful habits rather than long lectures or jargon-heavy explanations. She draws on cognitive behavioral methods to spot unhelpful thinking and to test new behaviors. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values.
Dialectical behavior approaches add concrete skills for managing strong emotions and improving distress tolerance. Natalie has 13 years of experience working in counseling settings. That background gives her practice handling a wide range of concerns, from grief and relationship stress to trauma-related symptoms and substance use struggles.
She aims to create clear goals each person can measure over time. In sessions she focuses on collaborative problem solving. People leave with specific tools and a plan for the week.
The work is paced to match each person’s needs and readiness to change.
What Natalie works with
Everything Natalie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Natalie's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Natalie lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify personal values and take small, meaningful steps toward them while learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and navigating life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors in daily life. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and problems that feel stuck because of repetitive thoughts or reactions.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening interpersonal effectiveness. Those skills can help when anger or overwhelming feelings get in the way of daily functioning.
Natalie approaches treatment as a collaborative process. She will work with clients to choose which methods fit their goals and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as progress is made. Finding the right approach is part of the work together rather than a one-size-fits-all choice.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls allow for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits brief check-ins, and messaging supports shorter updates or ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life.
Questions people ask about Natalie
What concerns does Natalie commonly address?
She supports people coping with stress, anxiety, addictions, anger, depression, trauma, bipolar disorder, and related issues such as self-esteem, grief, and life transitions.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is collaborative and straightforward, focusing on practical coping skills, clearer thinking, and small steps that fit each person’s life.
How much experience does she have?
She has 13 years of professional experience working in counseling settings and brings that background to a wide range of clinical concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, licensed in Missouri and practices with that credential.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What formats are offered for sessions?
Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule appointments based on the therapist’s availability.