About Natalija
Natalija Stefanovic helps people facing stress, anxiety, low mood, relationship strain, and problems with self-esteem. She also supports those dealing with career uncertainty, sleep difficulties, anger, addictions, and life changes. Natalija works with clients who identify as LGBT and addresses trauma, family issues, and a range of other concerns.
She is a PACFA counsellor practising in Australia with four years of professional experience. Her approach is warm and down-to-earth. Conversations are tailored to each person’s needs.
How Natalija works
Sessions focus on practical steps and clearer thinking rather than clinical jargon. Natalija aims to make the room a place to try things out and talk through what is getting in the way. She pays attention to how experiences from family of origin, communication patterns, and codependency can affect current relationships.
Natalija also supports people navigating autism and Asperger Syndrome, body image worries, chronic illness and pain, and immigration-related stress. Her work includes helping people with dissociation, sleeping problems, and co-morbidity challenges. Natalija believes taking the first step takes courage and offers steady, respectful support through that process.
Conversations are paced to suit what each person can manage. She helps clients set practical goals, try new habits, and notice small changes that add up. To begin, she asks people to describe their immediate concerns and what they hope to change.
From there she and the client build a plan together, adjusting methods as needed to match progress and life circumstances.
What Natalija works with
The areas below are the ones Natalija selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | PACFA |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Australia |
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Online support options
How evidence-based techniques guide online therapy
Many therapists who use evidence-based therapeutic techniques draw from approaches that help people change thinking patterns and build practical skills. One common method focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts to reduce anxiety and low mood. This helps with worry, rumination, and motivation problems by teaching simple steps to notice and test thoughts. Another useful approach emphasises behavioural change through small experiments and routine adjustments to improve sleep, mood, or daily functioning. These techniques suit people wanting concrete actions to try between sessions.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will ask about current struggles, goals, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they will choose methods that fit the person’s needs and preferences, and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, such as arranging appointments around work, reducing travel time, and allowing shorter check-ins when needed. It can also help people maintain continuity of support while they manage other commitments.
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