Therapist profile
Nathalie Contro, LMFT
California LMFT - Family and relationship concerns
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- Attachment approaches
- CBT and DBT skills
- Dreams and imagery
About Nathalie
Nathalie Contro is a California LMFT (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist) with three years of experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, addiction, trauma and mood concerns, and parenting issues. She works in English and Spanish and draws on several therapeutic approaches to support clients address everyday strains at home.
Nathalie sees adults who are dealing with relationship strain, parenting stress, grief, or challenges tied to trauma and mood. Sessions aim to help people build practical skills for managing emotions, communicating needs, and coping with life changes. She also addresses intimacy-related concerns, eating and sleeping struggles, and caregiver fatigue.
Her style centers on collaborative work. She helps clients identify patterns, try different behaviors, and notice what changes. Sessions include talk-based work plus exercises drawn from cognitive behavioral and attachment-informed methods. The goal is clearer choices and better day-to-day coping rather than quick fixes.
Nathalie integrates approaches such as Jungian concepts and dialectical behavior ideas when helpful. That can include attention to dreams, imagery, and skills-focused practices for emotion regulation. She uses these tools alongside relational work that looks at how early attachments affect present relationships.
People who come for help often want concrete tools for handling conflict, parenting strain, or substance-related concerns while also understanding underlying patterns. To begin, readers should confirm current session options before booking and follow the practice's intake steps to schedule their first appointment.
How sessions work
How her therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Attachment-Based Therapy emphasizes how early relationship patterns shape current connections. Online sessions using this approach look at interaction patterns, closeness and distance, and practical steps to change repeated cycles in relationships. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on clear links between thoughts, feelings, and actions; online CBT includes short skill practices and behavioral experiments to test different responses to stress and mood challenges. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete emotion-regulation and distress-tolerance skills that can be practiced between sessions to manage intense feelings.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to identify what fits their goals, needs, and preferences. That may mean starting with skills-based CBT work, shifting to attachment-focused exploration, or blending approaches across sessions as progress and goals evolve.
The original profile does not specify which online session formats are offered. Confirm current session options before booking so you know whether video, phone, or other formats are available. Online appointments can make it easier to schedule sessions around parenting and work, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and enable consistent weekly practice of DBT and CBT exercises without added travel time.
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Experience
3+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English, Spanish
Questions
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What kinds of problems does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family struggles, addiction, trauma, grief, parenting challenges, mood concerns, and related issues such as body image and caregiver stress.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and practical. She combines talk work with skills practice and reflective methods to help clients notice patterns and try new behaviors.
How much experience does she have?
She is a California LMFT with three years of professional experience noted in her profile.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds an LMFT credential in California and practices from that state.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
What session formats are available?
The original profile does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current online and in-person options before booking.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through the intake flow.
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