My name is Natasha and I am the face behind Karuna Therapeutic Services. I am a late-identified autistic psychotherapeutic counsellor who passionately believes in the power of a healing relationship. I feel that I bring myself to the therapy room and believe in building an authentic connection with my therapy partners.. If you are here and looking at my profile I assume that you are neurodivergent too and are wanting to find a therapist that will get you! Autism is a special interest of mine and I love working with those who are either on their discovery journey or are wanting to unpack their life experiences as an autistic/ADHD or otherwise neurodivergent person.

Being neurodivergent within a neurotypical world brings with it a significant amount of distress, adversity and trauma, Late-identified autistics have usually spent their whole lives believing quite negative things about themselves, their abilities and blaming themselves for not feeling like you fit in. I really get this, I have been on my own journey, that has been incredibly painful at times but having experienced my own healing I want to share my skills and knowledge to support my fellow autists to do the same.

Alongside autism my other areas of interest are domestic abuse and trauma. I am a qualified somatic trauma therapist and breathwork coach, which means that I believe in and work with the body/mind connection, as I feel that trauma is held within the body and that talking therapy alone is not always sufficient in the journey of healing. I am trained in trauma reprocessing techniques such as the Rewind Technique, Flash Technique and Emotional Freedom Techniques. These techniques can be used without talking explicitly about your distressing memories and experiences. If you want to unpack your autistic identity, understand your mask and discover your autistic joy then get in touch and we can talk.