Natalie Rasa, LSW

THERAPIST

SPECIALTIES

Gen Z and Millennials 

Anxiety & Depression

Career Stress & Growth

Bipolar Disorder

Relationships

Life Purpose

Confidence & Empowerment

Couples

Natalie specializes in working with Gen-Z and Millennial folks who are exploring their life purpose, navigating their evolving careers, and are actively ready to create meaningful change in their lives. She is highly trained in the treatment of anxiety, depression and mood disorders such as bipolar disorder and deeply cares about treating these issues from an empathetic, strengths-based approach. 

Natalie is also passionate about de-stigmatizing mental health issues in the professional realm and enjoys helping budding career-climbers unleash their potential. If you’re in the entrepreneurial, creative or professional space with a desire to level-up confidence in your leadership game, Natalie could also be a great fit for you. 

Some other topics she explores in her work are perfectionism, negative self-talk, shame, fear of failure, anger, executive functioning, people pleasing, imposter syndrome, performance anxiety, social anxiety, co-dependency, issues within relationships (romantic partners, family, friends, coworkers, co-founders, etc.), financial anxiety and phobias. Natalie also provides couples therapy. Natalie is a trauma-informed therapist who practices from a sex positive, LGBTQIA+ affirming lens. 

Natalie takes a holistic and eclectic approach when it comes to therapy and curates her treatment plan according to her client’s needs. Some of the therapeutic techniques she uses include Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Social Rhythm Therapy (SRT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness, Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Meaning Centered Psychotherapy. For those who are looking to build confidence in navigating their careers, Natalie blends psychotherapy with career/executive coaching. The best of both worlds. 

Natalie earned her Masters in Clinical Social Work with a focus in trauma therapy from Boston University. She is also a speaker for the International Bipolar Foundation, advocating for the de-stigmatization of mental health issues within the professional community. Natalie has served patients in a variety of health care settings, including crisis centers, schools, hospitals and families at a foster care agency. Prior to becoming a therapist, she engaged in early stage start-up work at two now “unicorn” status healthcare tech companies. At this time, Natalie has over 10 years of experience in the physical and behavioral healthcare space.

I’m immensely passionate about helping people tap into the strengths they may not have known existed within them. I practice from a lens in which I see an unlimited amount of potential in all of my clients. In our work together, we will visualize the person you always wanted to be (spoiler…it’s the future “you”) and see how close to it we can get. My therapeutic style strikes a balance between a direct, no BS approach and a collaborative, safe therapeutic space to process the turbulence in life. When I’m not at Proactive, I enjoy spinning, hiking, trying new restaurants and working on my business.