Natalie Janinski , ACA

Natalie Janinski is a lived experience practitioner who focuses on experiential and somatic methods to support people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, and anger. She brings training in Internal Family Systems (IFS) Level 1 and Coherence Therapy to her practice, using approaches that work with the brain's natural processes to shift how painful memories are stored and experienced.

These experiential models aim to promote memory reconsolidation, a process that can lead to relatively rapid reductions in symptoms such as anxiety, people pleasing, self-sabotage, and depression for some individuals. Natalie complements those models with tailored somatic interventions - including yoga-informed movement, breathwork, polyvagal-informed techniques, and mindful focusing - to help clients reconnect with bodily regulation and present-moment resilience.

She holds ACA, a professional counselling credential, and integrates evidence-based techniques to address complex presentations including attachment and abandonment issues, dissociation, eating and food-related concerns, codependency, and communication or control challenges within relationships. Natalie emphasizes experiential work as one pathway among others for people seeking meaningful change.

Experiential and Somatic Techniques Delivered Online

Natalie uses Internal Family Systems (IFS) Level 1 to help clients identify and work with the parts of themselves that hold difficult beliefs and emotions. IFS is a non-pathologizing model that supports people to unblend from extreme protective patterns and access calmer, more balanced self-leadership, which can be helpful for issues like attachment wounds, self-criticism, and relational patterns.

She also applies Coherence Therapy alongside somatic interventions such as yoga-informed movement, breathwork, polyvagal-informed techniques, and mindful focusing. Coherence Therapy facilitates targeted experiences that can loosen entrenched emotional learning, while somatic practices help clients notice and regulate bodily states that often accompany anxiety, trauma responses, and stress-related symptoms.

Finding the right approach is collaborative - Natalie works with each person to identify which techniques fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting methods as the work unfolds. Online formats - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - offer flexibility to engage in experiential and somatic work from home or other convenient locations. These options make scheduling easier and allow people to access therapeutic tools and support in ways that suit their life circumstances.