Natalia McCarthy
Registered Marriage & Family Therapist Intern
Natalia is a Registered Marriage and Family Therapist Intern who works with adolescent, adults, couples, and families. She provides therapy in English and Portuguese. Her therapeutic approach focuses on encouraging and assisting clients in developing perseverance, becoming more flexible, and increasing their self-worth through evidence-based social work modalities such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Supportive Therapies and Problem Solving Strategies.
Therapeutic Specialties
Anxiety Disorders, Coping Skills, Depression, Self Esteem, Trauma - PTSD, Stress Management, Life Transitions, Family Conflict, Adolescents Concerns, Divorce
What is important to you, for your client to feel, when working with you?
I believe it is essential to establish a good relationship with the patient, where there is trust and comfort in sharing matters of all kinds.
Who do you believe you are for a client as they manage their problems?
I am a professional qualified to help them solve the problems they experience and someone with whom they will be able to share any and all thoughts that bother them, enabling them to find coping skills to deal with these issues.
What drives your passion for seeing clients?
For me, what always motivates me to see patients is the support that I give to help them see new possibilities for solving problems because, within the situation, the patient cannot always see other alternatives to solve and deal with it.
How do you believe clients "get better"?
I believe that client improve when clients are able to narrate their lives and problems, they can perceive dysfunctional thoughts and behaviors in their own speech, and a qualified professional will help the patients to reflect in different ways about different things, and I believe that working together, patient and therapist can find better ways to solve the problems.
Mental Health Department
Education
Universidade Paulista, Bachelors in Psychology
Carlos Albizu University, Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy
Client Age Range
Children (6-12), Teens (13-17), Adult (+18), Geriatric (65+)
Languages Spoken
English, Portuguese
Personal Hobbies
When I'm not working, I like to go to the gym since I believe physical health complements mental health. I also enjoy the beach, admiring the sunset, and laughing with friends. As I became more mature, I also learned to appreciate and value more spending time with my family.
"Don't compare yourself with other people; compare yourself with who you were yesterday."
By Jordan Peterson