Counsellor profile
Natalie Janinski, ACA
Australia
ACA counsellor - Relationships and Trauma
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- Credentials
- ACA
- Registration
- ACA, Australia / 22481
- Experience
- 3 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Australia
About
- Experiential therapy
- Somatic techniques
- Internal Family Systems
About Natalie
Natalie Janinski is an ACA counsellor with three years of clinical experience based in Australia. She describes herself as a lived experience practitioner and focuses on stress, anxiety, relationships, family issues, trauma and abuse, and anger. Natalie works with people who recognise patterns like people-pleasing, self-sabotage, or drifting away from their own needs.
Natalie uses experiential therapy approaches and explains that these methods can produce faster shifts for some people than talk therapy alone. She mentions Internal Family Systems - Level 1 - and Coherence Therapy as part of her practice. She also blends somatic interventions such as yoga-informed movement, breathwork, polyvagal techniques and mindful focusing to support how the body holds stress and memory.
In sessions she helps people look at attachment patterns, abandonment fears, control and communication problems, and difficulties tied to autism or avoidant personality styles. She also notes work with dissociation, eating and food-related issues, emptiness, guilt and shame. Her approach is practical: noticing how feelings sit in the body, naming the parts of experience, and trying simple somatic exercises during the session.
Natalie asks prospective clients to trust their gut when choosing a therapist. She offers a brief pre-session chat to answer questions and to see if the fit feels right. The sign-up process uses a short matching questionnaire and scheduling for a first session.
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
How sessions work
How experiential and somatic approaches work online
Internal Family Systems involves identifying different parts of your inner experience and talking with them to reduce conflict between parts. It can help when people feel pulled between wanting closeness and wanting distance, or when old attachment patterns keep reappearing.Coherence Therapy focuses on how certain memories and beliefs keep triggering symptoms, and works to change those underlying memories so the symptom no longer needs to persist. This can be applied to anxiety, people-pleasing patterns, and self-sabotage.
Somatic techniques Natalie uses include simple breathwork, gentle movement inspired by yoga, polyvagal-informed exercises, and mindful focusing. These practices aim to change how the body responds to stress and to make emotional responses easier to notice and work with.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Natalie will help you try different methods and together you will decide what fits your needs and goals. She invites questions and a brief pre-session chat to check fit before scheduling ongoing sessions.
Session formats are not specified in the original biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around work, allow a shorter check-in when needed, and reduce travel time. It can also let a practitioner guide breathwork or mindful exercises while you remain in comfortable surroundings.
Areas of focus
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Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
3+ years
Listed in
Australia
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
Natalie works with stress, anxiety, relationships, family issues, trauma and abuse, and anger. She also focuses on attachment, abandonment, codependency and related patterns.
What is her style in session?
She uses experiential therapy alongside somatic techniques such as breathwork and mindful focusing. Sessions often combine talking with body-based exercises.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Natalie has three years of experience as an ACA counsellor working in Australia. She describes herself as a lived experience practitioner.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is an ACA counsellor and practises in Australia. The profile uses the credential name as supplied.
Are sessions offered in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside Australia work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does payment and cost work?
Costs vary with location and sessions operate via a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session. She offers a brief pre-session chat to answer questions about fit.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.