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Natalia Turapina, MSEd

As a therapist at Glacier Psychology Services, Natalia is committed to embodying our values and mission in her work with clients. She approaches therapy with warmth, compassion, and a nonjudgmental presence, helping clients feel safe, understood, and empowered. Natalia brings a thoughtful and intentional energy into each session, guiding her clients with curiosity, clarity, and care. Her calm and steady demeanor helps clients go beyond surface-level challenges and make meaningful, lasting changes.

Experience:

Natalia is a dedicated mental health counselor with a master’s degree in Education with a focus on Mental Health Counseling and experience supporting children, adolescents, and adults across various stages of life. Her approach is collaborative and strengths-based, grounded in the belief that every person holds the capacity for growth, healing, and transformation.

With an international background and multicultural perspective, Natalia offers culturally responsive care and deeply values the unique identities and experiences of each individual she works with.

Client Focus:

I work with adults who often appear high-functioning on the outside: capable, responsible, and relied upon by others, yet privately feel exhausted, overwhelmed, or quietly grieving a version of life they once imagined for themselves.

My clients are often thoughtful and self-aware individuals navigating grief, life transitions, identity shifts, midlife questioning, and relationship challenges. Many come to therapy feeling stuck in familiar internal patterns and are seeking deeper understanding, clarity, and meaningful change.

Types of Therapy:

I draw from a person-centered and supportive style, integrating evidence-based modalities such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), mindfulness-based practices, trauma-informed techniques, and strengths-based strategies.

I tailor my approach to meet each client’s unique needs and goals, walking alongside them on their journey toward clarity, self-compassion, and emotional well-being.

My therapeutic style is reflective, collaborative, and grounded. My work focuses on helping clients develop greater emotional awareness, understand the patterns that shape their relationships and decisions, and build practical ways of responding to life’s challenges. I work from a trauma-informed perspective, recognizing how past experiences can shape emotional responses, coping strategies, and relationships. Therapy offers a space to slow down self-criticism, process complex experiences, and move toward greater clarity and self-trust.

Issues:

I have  a particular interest in supporting individuals navigating infertility and assisted reproductive treatments. I am familiar with both the emotional and medical aspects of fertility journeys and understands the terminology commonly used in reproductive medicine. Many clients find it relieving to speak with a therapist who already understands the language and emotional landscape of fertility treatment, reproductive trauma, and loss.

Anxiety, depression, grief, life transitions, stress management, trauma-related concerns, self-worth, and emotional regulation.

Therapy Modalities:

Individual therapy for adolescents, and adults. Couples and family therapy.

Natalia also helps with running various groups at Glacier.

More than just my work:

My multicultural background gives me a rich lens through which I view healing, identity, and connection. I love learning about people’s stories and helping them find strength and resilience in their own. Outside of work, I enjoy creative expression, travel, and finding quiet moments of reflection.