About
Welcome, my name is Natalie Badawy and I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Psychotherapist (LMFT #149747) with a Masters degree in Clinical Psychology. Since 2021, I have worked with adults, teens, and families in California.
I currently see clients via telehealth where I work with clients struggling with sexual trauma, grief, codependency, anxiety, depression, and relationship challenges. I facilitate an environment where you can heal and focus on reducing fear, growing self-esteem, and regulating emotions.
Many of us carry our emotional wounds in our bodies and only when we create a connection between the mind and the body can we feel whole again. I utilize a blend of therapeutic techniques in order to create a safe connection within the body and mind. When you are in connection with your whole self you are then equipped to heal your relationship with yourself and others.
Clinical Style
Warm, direct, curious, patient, and supportive of long-term change.
Training
Weekly consultation, 2021-current
Five month twice a week psychotherapy consultation in Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples with Zoë Kahn, LCSW, Pasadena, 2024
One year volunteer position at Teen Line Didi Hirsch Suicide Prevention Center, Culver City, 2023-2024
Two-week immersion training in wilderness rites of passage, council, the art of mirroring, and a 4-day vision fast, “The Great Ballcourt,” Scott Eberle, MD and Cynthia Morrow, MFT, School of Lost Borders, Death Valley, March 2024
Two year intensive psychotherapy training in relational and intersubjective theory at The Saturday Center for Psychotherapy, Santa Monica, 2022-2024
Two-week immersion training in wilderness rites of passage, council, the art of mirroring, and a 4-day vision fast, “The Great Ballcourt,” Scott Eberle, MD and Cynthia Morrow, MFT, School of Lost Borders, Death Valley, March 2023
Two-week immersion training in wilderness rites of passage, council, the art of mirroring, and a 4-day vision fast, Scott Eberle, MD and Betsy Perluss, MFT, School of Lost Borders, Big Pine, August 2022
Training in“Foundations in Somatic Abolitionism,” Education For Racial Equity, Carlin Quinn and Resmaa Menakem, Online, April 2022
Yearlong practicum as a psychotherapist trainee in psychodynamic therapy and object relations, Heidi Buckland, PhD, Counseling West, Sherman Oaks, 2021-2022
Education
M.A. in Clinical Psychology, concentration in Spirituality and Depth Psychology, Antioch University Los Angeles, Culver City (2019-2022)