Nathalie Contro, LMFT
California · 3 years in practice
Nathalie Contro is a licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on helping people find clearer ways to cope and connect.
License and registration
- LMFT, California
- 131775 · expires March 2026
- NPI
- 1124234208 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 3
- Languages
- English, Spanish
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Nathalie
Nathalie Contro is a licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on helping people find clearer ways to cope and connect. She brings a calm, practical approach and helps clients develop tools for daily life. Nathalie works in California and speaks English and Spanish.
She meets each person where they are and builds therapy around their priorities. Sessions are conversational and goal-directed, with attention to how relationships and life patterns affect mood, stress, and behavior.
Background and approach
Nathalie uses a mix of methods so work can be tailored to what actually helps a person day to day. Her style centers on listening with genuine regard and helping clients notice patterns that get in the way. She often pairs practical skill-building with deeper exploration of personal meaning and relationships.
That can include addressing anxiety, depression, addiction concerns, trauma, grief, and relationship or intimacy-related issues. Nathalie also supports people facing career stresses, caregiver strain, parenting challenges, and health-related difficulties. She draws on Jungian ideas about symbols and meaning alongside attachment-based thinking to understand how past experiences shape present reactions.
Cognitive and behavioral skills are used when clients need concrete strategies to manage moods and behaviors. Therapy can take many forms with Nathalie - from skill-focused sessions to more reflective work with dreams or imagery. People who want a collaborative therapist who blends practical coaching with deeper, meaning-focused work often find this approach comfortable and useful.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Nathalie lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Nathalie names
- Jungian Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Jungian Therapy looks at symbols, dreams, and personal stories to help people find meaning and integration in their lives; it can be useful for those who want to understand deeper patterns and inner imagery. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationship experiences shape current connections and coping, and it helps people rebuild safety and trust in relationships. Client-Centered Therapy prioritizes the client's perspective and uses empathic listening to support self-directed growth and clarity.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Nathalie will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adapt methods over time. The process is collaborative and aims to match techniques to the client's day-to-day needs as well as longer-term goals.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or when a quieter, shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to fit support into busy schedules or to check in between sessions. These options make it simpler to keep consistent momentum while balancing work, family, and other commitments.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does she address?
Nathalie helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy and relationship issues, eating and sleeping problems, parenting and caregiver strain, anger, self-esteem, career changes, bipolar concerns, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style combines attentive listening with practical tools. Sessions blend reflective work on meaning with concrete skill-building from approaches like CBT and DBT.
What background and experience informs her work?
She has three years of clinical experience as a licensed marriage and family therapist and uses a mix of psychotherapeutic techniques alongside movement, breathwork, and imagery when helpful.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds a California LMFT credential and practices in California.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
What formats are available for sessions?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; services are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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