Children and youth
Support from age 5 up for emotional regulation, behavioural concerns, and school-related stress, at a level that fits the child's age.
Meet Natalie
Natalie Besharat
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), CRPO #23041
Natalie is a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) and a Canadian Certified Addiction Counsellor. She works with children from age 5, youth, adults, and families, and offers care in English.
Most of her work is with children, youth, and families. She also supports people through trauma and other difficult life experiences, addiction, emotional regulation, and behavioural concerns.
Natalie is warm and collaborative in session. Sessions are paced around what the client, or the family, can hold.
In session
An approach shaped around each client.
Natalie's work is integrative and trauma-informed. She draws from behavioural,psychodynamic, and mindfulness-based approaches, including Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. Which approach she uses is chosen for the client rather than set by one fixed model.
Family sessions usually look at communication, recurring conflict, parenting concerns, and the behavioural and emotional patterns that show up between family members.
Areas of support
Natalie works with children from age 5, youth, adults, and families.
She also works with anxiety,depression,grief,self-esteem, and stress.
Families
Parents and children together, or the family as a whole, including work on parenting concerns.
Trauma and difficult life experiences
Trauma-informed support for experiences that are hard to talk about or still affecting everyday life, including grief and loss.
Addiction
Support for addiction concerns, informed by her certification as a Canadian Certified Addiction Counsellor.
Approach
Natalie's training and credentials.
- Credentials: Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), CRPO #23041. Verify on the CRPO public register.
- Additional certification: Canadian Certified Addiction Counsellor. This is a separate certification, not part of her CRPO registration.
- Education: Master of Science, McMaster University.
- Professional memberships: Canadian Association of Psychoanalytic Child Therapists, and the Ontario Association of Mental Health Professionals.
- Client focus: Children from age 5, youth, adults, and families.
- Languages of care: English.
- Modalities: Integrative and trauma-informed, drawing from behavioural, psychodynamic, and mindfulness-based approaches, including Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR).
- Does not provide: Psychological assessment, diagnosis, or medication. Does not see children under 5.
Start with a calm first conversation.
Ask questions, discuss fit, and decide whether therapy with Natalie feels like the right next step.