Natalie Wingard
Practical, empathetic care for addiction and anxiety
LPC Texas
- Experience
- 6 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Natalie
Natalie Wingard is an LPC based in Texas who focuses on helping adults navigate stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, grief, and depression.
Background and approach
He draws from six years of clinical experience working with a range of concerns including panic, mood and personality disorders, self-harm, post-traumatic stress, and compulsive behaviors such as sex and substance-related addictions. Natalie also attends to related issues like abandonment, attachment difficulties, chronic illness and pain, isolation, guilt and shame, impulsivity, and communication problems.
His style centers on a client-centered stance that honors each person as the expert in their life while offering guidance, options, and compassionate challenge when helpful. Natalie integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools to target unhelpful thoughts and patterns and to build practical skills for coping and behavior change.
He aims to help people develop strategies they can use day to day so they feel more able to face challenges and to shape lives they are willing to wake up to with purpose and hope.
People seeking support will find a practitioner who emphasizes collaboration, practical tools, and steady human presence informed by lived experience with the effects of addiction and loss.
Therapeutic approaches and how online care can help
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes the client as the authority on their own life, with the therapist offering empathy, support, and nonjudgmental listening to help people explore choices and values. This approach can be useful for those coping with grief, identity questions, or relational and attachment concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and replacing them with more adaptive patterns through practical exercises and skill-building. CBT is often applied to anxiety, mood disorders, panic, and many forms of compulsive or addictive behavior where concrete strategies can reduce distress and improve functioning.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will help assess needs, goals, and preferences and tailor sessions accordingly, combining client-centered support with CBT techniques where appropriate to create a plan that fits each person.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it easier to fit care into busy schedules and to maintain continuity when in-person visits are impractical. These formats can increase accessibility for people balancing work, family, or health needs while allowing licensed professionals to deliver the same therapeutic methods and practical tools used in face-to-face care.
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Experience
6+ years
Licensed
Texas
Languages
English