Experience & Education

I’m Natalie Kelly(she/her), a Registered Social Worker (MSW) and psychotherapist. I have been providing counselling and psychotherapy since 2013 when I graduated with my Bachelor of Social Work from Carleton University. I went on to complete my Master of Social Work in 2018 from King’s University College at the University of Western Ontario.

I began my own independent private practice in 2021 after years of experience developing my skills to provide evidence-based, safe, effective, and compassionate therapy.

I’ve had the privilege of holding roles in a number of leading mental health and addiction treatment settings as a counsellor/psychotherapist, receiving consistent training, consultation, and supervision to develop my skillset. These settings included: The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) hospital in Toronto, The Jean Tweed Treatment Centre, London Family Health Team, and CMHA Thames Valley Addiction and Mental Health Services (formerly ADSTV).

Providing counselling and therapy to individuals and groups in these programs gave me the necessary experience and training to skillfully support a variety of concerns that bring people to therapy.

In my personal life I enjoy reading, music, travelling, the art of drag, and spending time with my partner, our rambunctious toddler, and cat, Jezebel.

Effective therapy is a skillful blending of safe human connection, science, & creativity.

We can’t come out of the woods without the hike through it. We also aren’t meant to do that alone. My presence offers warmth, non-judgment, and compassion, along with questions that invite deepening introspection and evidence-based trauma processing exercises. This can allow individuals to break free of less helpful patterns and build more secure ways of being in relationship with our Self, others, and in the world.

I draw knowledge from my education, career trainings, and therapy certifications. I also draw from the learned wisdom of the people who’ve helped me through my own woods.

For therapy to be effective, I have found that it takes a therapist who is able to see you and connect to your needs. Then with you, apply specific evidence-based approaches (the science) along with honing your unique experiences and strengths (the creativity) to support your healing process.

  • Trauma/PTSD/C-PTSD

  • Depression

  • Anxiety

  • Grief

  • Anger

  • Guilt/Shame

  • Life Transitions

  • Post-partum mental health

  • Emotion regulation strategies

I specialize in:

  • Body Image

  • Disordered Eating

  • Low self-worth/ self-esteem

  • Substance use

  • LGBTQIA+ identity exploration & navigation

  • Work-related stress & burn out

  • Boundary awareness

  • Affairs and relationship betrayals

  • Increasing communication skills in relationships

  • Chronic relationship conflict

  • New relationship building

  • Creating shared meaning

I use these evidence-based modalities:

  • Anti-Opressive Practice (AOP)

  • Feminist, Anti-racist, Anti-colonial approaches

  • Harm Reduction

  • Health at every size (HAES)

  • Neurodivergent-affirming care

  • Poly/CNM/ENM affirming

  • Trauma-informed

  • Somatic Therapy

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)

  • Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

  • Mindful-Compassion therapy

  • Narrative Therapy

  • Gottman Method Couples Therapy