Natalie Baillargeon

MACP | Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) - CRPO #18704

Who I Am & How I Work

I work with individuals and couples who carry a lot internally — the quiet stress, the loud thoughts, the deep feelings that have gone unseen or unspoken for too long. Many of my clients are navigating anxiety/depression, identity shifts, emotional overwhelm, burnout, neurodivergence, grief, or relational pain. Often, they’ve had to be strong to survive — but it came at a cost.

I bring over a decade of frontline experience in healthcare and trauma-informed mental health care — from crisis support and addictions to hospital work, harm reduction, and human rights advocacy. My approach is holistic, creative, and nervous-system aware. I draw from evidence-based practices while holding space for the deeper, more human layers of your story.

My own lived experience shapes how I sit with complexity as someone who is neurodivergent, connected to Abenaki roots, raised in a military family, and partnered with a veteran. These perspectives guide me to hold therapy with humility, respect, and care for difference. Most importantly: you don’t need a perfect label to belong here.

Therapy with me is spacious, steady, and collaborative. You don’t have to perform or explain everything. We’ll go at your pace, with curiosity and compassion.

What We Might Explore

• Some of the themes we might explore in our work include:

  • Anxiety, depression, and emotional overwhelm

  • Burnout, identity shifts, and finding meaning

  • Grief, loss, and life transitions

  • Family dynamics, attachment wounds, and early relational trauma

  • Boundaries, people-pleasing, and relationship repair

  • Couples work — conflict, disconnection, or rebuilding trust

  • Low self-worth, confidence, and self-trust

  • Neurodivergent experiences — ADHD, Autism, learning differences

  • Military culture, identity, and service-related stress

  • Trauma recovery, emotional flashbacks, and nervous system regulation

  • Creative blocks, self-expression, and reclaiming your voice

How I Support Clients

Different approaches work for different people. Here are some of the main ways I support clients — always adapted to what feels right for you:

• Existential Therapy — Exploring meaning, freedom, and grief without rushing to fix.

• Person-Centred Therapy — Rooted in deep listening and respect. You set the pace; I walk beside you.

• Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) — Creating space to slow down, feel, and shift emotional patterns.

• Gottman Method (Couples Therapy) — Research-backed tools to repair conflict, rebuild trust, and reconnect emotionally.

Integrated Approaches I Might Also Use

• Adlerian Therapy — Exploring early memories, core beliefs, and belonging

• Neurodivergent-Affirming Practice — Validating differences in thinking and processing as strengths, not deficits.

• Trauma-Informed and Justice-Oriented — Holding awareness of culture, gender, identity, and systemic impacts on mental health.

• Strength-Based & Motivational Interviewing — Supporting change, agency, and self-trust

• Somatic Practices — Grounding, breathwork, and nervous system regulation

• Harm Reduction — Centring consent, autonomy, and emotional safety

• Military-Cultural Sensitivity — Navigating structure, sacrifice, and transition

• CBT-Informed Tools — Supporting insight, thought-awareness, and regulation

A Closing Note

Therapy isn’t about being ‘fixed.’ It’s about being met where you are.

If something in what you’ve read resonates, I’d be honoured to connect. You’re welcome to reach out for a free 15-minute consult. We’ll take it one step at a time, at the pace that feels right for you.