Natalie V. Bochenska (She/Her)
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, RCAT, Certified Somatic Practitioner
Online in
British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec (Online Only)
I'm Natalie, a neurodivergent millennial therapist specializing in trauma treatment from relationship wounds. My style of therapy is warm, transparent, playful, and direct with a LGBTQ-affirming lens. Let me show you how to feel your feelings safely and integrate your body and mind.
My mission is to help clients resolve their past and reconnect with their authentic selves in the present moment.
I've walked this path, so I can show you the way.
If you are ready to gain more insight into your thoughts, feelings, and patterns, I am here for you.
Let’s work together to find the source of the issue that’s stopping you from living your life to the fullest!
Client Focus
Session Format: Couple, Individual sessions.
Age Specialty: Adult, Young Adult
Demographic Expertise: LGBTQ+, Women clients.
Languages: English, Polish
Treatment Approach
- Art Therapy Uses creative activities like drawing, painting, or sculpture as a way to express emotions. It is especially helpful when words are hard to find.
- Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) Builds skills in self-kindness and compassion toward others. It is especially helpful for people who struggle with shame or self-criticism.
- Developmental Therapy Looks at how childhood and developmental experiences affect current challenges. It aims to repair unmet needs and foster healthy growth.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Combines CBT with mindfulness to help regulate emotions, tolerate stress, and build stronger relationships. Originally designed for borderline personality disorder, it’s now used more broadly.
- Drama Therapy Uses role-play, storytelling, and theater techniques to explore problems and emotions. It helps people practice new ways of relating to others.
- Emotion-Focused Therapy Emotion-focused therapy supports emotional awareness and expression, helping individuals understand underlying feelings, transform unhelpful emotional patterns, and develop healthier responses to personal and relationship challenges.
- Experiential Therapy Involves hands-on activities to bring emotions into the present moment. It helps clients process feelings more deeply than through conversation alone.
- Family Systems Therapy Looks at problems within the context of the family as a whole. It aims to improve communication and balance in family relationships.
- Gestalt Therapy Encourages awareness of thoughts, feelings, and actions in the present moment. It helps people integrate different parts of themselves for wholeness.
- Integrative Therapy Combines techniques from multiple approaches into a customized plan. It adapts to each client’s unique situation and needs.
- Internal Family Systems (IFS) Helps clients heal by working with different ‘parts’ of themselves, like inner critics or wounded children. It fosters harmony within the self.
- Narrative Therapy Encourages people to view problems as separate from themselves and reframe their life story. It helps build resilience and self-identity.
- Neuropsychology Examines how brain function affects thinking, memory, and behavior. It often involves assessment and rehabilitation strategies.
- Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) Emphasizes empathy, unconditional positive regard, and authenticity. It provides a safe space for self-discovery and growth.
- Psychoanalytic Therapy Based on Freud’s theories, it explores unconscious conflicts and past experiences. It seeks to bring hidden issues into awareness.
- Psychodynamic Therapy Explores unconscious thoughts and patterns that influence current behavior. It builds insight into how the past impacts the present.
- Psychoeducational Therapy Provides education and coping tools about mental health conditions. It empowers clients with knowledge and practical skills.
- Relational Psychotherapy Emphasizes the healing power of the therapist-client relationship. It uses trust and safety as a foundation for change.
- Schema Therapy Identifies deep-rooted negative patterns formed in childhood. It combines CBT, attachment theory, and experiential methods for change.
- Somatic Therapy Helps clients notice how emotions are stored in the body. It uses breath, movement, and awareness for healing trauma and stress.
Approach Description: In each session, I combine IFS-based parts work, relational therapy, art therapy, and somatic therapy based on individual client's needs. In other words, we will talk, feel, draw, connect, and move!
Fees & Insurance
Fees
- Average Session Fee 170
- Accepts Insurance
Education & Credentials
Natalie V. Bochenska RP, RCAT, Certified Somatic Practitioner
- Female
- License # 11686
- Licensed in ON
- Practicing Since 2020
Education: I have received continued education in Art therapy, IFS, Narrative Therapy, Trauma-informed therapy, Somatic Attachment-focused therapy, Integrative Somatic Parts work, and I'm a certified Somatic Practitioner.
Natalie V. Bochenska Practice Details
Therapy Sessions
- Available Online for residents of British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec
- Online Therapy Details: Zoom for healthcare
I specialize in childhood neglect, developmental trauma, identity formation, eating disorders, anxiety, ADHD, CPTSD, dissociation, relationship struggles, emotional patterns, and sexual abuse. I work with sensitive, self-aware creatives to create meaningful change in their lives.