Natalie Dukes, LMHC

Natalie Dukes is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida with 25 years of experience working with people from diverse cultural and demographic backgrounds. She brings long experience helping individuals, children, couples, and families navigate complex emotional and behavioral concerns. Her practice has included work with anger management, depression, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, obsessive-compulsive concerns, relationship and family conflict, anxiety, trauma, and domestic violence among other challenges.

Natalie uses a flexible, client-focused approach and draws from a broad range of therapeutic methods to meet each person where they are. She integrates evidence-informed techniques such as cognitive behavioral strategies, person-centered principles, family systems perspectives, narrative and solution-focused tools, exposure work, psychodrama and play-based methods, acceptance and commitment ideas, biofeedback-informed practices, coaching, and reality-oriented techniques. She also incorporates mindfulness practices and motivational interviewing when appropriate, tailoring interventions to the needs and preferences of each client.

Natalie believes that intense stress and traumatic experiences can disrupt a person’s sense of stability, and she is committed to supporting recovery and rebuilding a sense of safety and wholeness. Her goal is to help clients develop healthier self-perceptions, strengthen relationships, and build practical coping skills so they can move forward with greater resilience. As an LMHC - a credential that denotes state licensure to provide mental health counseling - she aims to guide clients through a collaborative therapeutic process focused on healing and growth.