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Natalie Eden

Compassionate, practical therapy for life’s challenges

About Natalie

Natalie Eden welcomes adults seeking practical, strengths-based support for stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, ADHD, and life transitions. She emphasizes helping clients build insight, make clearer decisions, and tap into their existing resources to navigate emotional and behavioral challenges.

Background and approach

Natalie frames treatment around restoring dignity, developing problem-solving skills, and promoting personal growth tailored to each person’s goals. With 13 years of clinical experience, Natalie holds LCPC and LPC credentials and practices in Illinois.

Her training includes focused coursework in addictions and motivational interviewing, and she has worked in outpatient behavioral health settings providing both individual and group therapy. Natalie also completed advanced studies in clinical psychology and holds additional graduate degrees that inform her practical, goal-oriented style.

Her approach blends client-centered work with evidence-informed methods such as cognitive behavioral strategies, existential exploration, Gottman-informed techniques, and motivational interviewing to address mood concerns, relationship patterns, coping with loss, caregiver stress, and end-of-life issues. Sessions are offered through multiple online formats to fit varied schedules and preferences.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person from their own perspective and creating an empathetic space where clients set the pace for growth; this approach is useful for concerns like self-esteem, grief, and major life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) offers practical tools to identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which can be effective for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and coping with stress. Motivational Interviewing helps clarify personal reasons for change and strengthens motivation, making it a good fit for addictions, ambivalence about treatment, and behavior change goals.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work and will be a collaborative process. The therapist will explore clients' needs, goals, and preferences and suggest methods that best match those aims, adjusting strategies as therapy progresses to maintain a good fit.

Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals in several formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging - which can make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives or manage care from different locations. These options support continuity of care, scheduling flexibility, and the ability to engage in therapy in ways that feel most comfortable for the client.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, ADHD, bipolar issues, relationship and family problems, parenting and career concerns, and hospice or end-of-life counseling.
What is her general approach to therapy?
Her style is client-centered and collaborative, using motivational interviewing to support change and cognitive behavioral techniques to address thoughts and behaviors that maintain distress.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 13 years of clinical experience, including work in an outpatient behavioral health clinic and a decade in independent practice.
What credentials and licenses does she hold and where does she practice?
She is credentialed as an LCPC and an LPC with license details IL LCPC 180009760 and PA LPC PC008572, and she practices in Illinois.
Can sessions be provided in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are provided in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available for working together?
Clients may meet via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How are fees and subscriptions handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.