WELCOME

My mission is to bring awareness to the effects of toxic stress and trauma on the body, mind, and soul by using the approach I created—one that became both my method and my medicine. Founded in 2016, by Natalie Brooks, therapy, healing, and education come together. As a psychotherapist, certified MBT supervisor, and Registered Yoga Teacher with decades of experience, I teach people how to heal from the root up - body, mind, and soul. Beyond individual therapy, I offer courses for all people that teach how to personalize my method for their unique nervous and emotions, and symptoms, as well as specialized trainings for therapists designed to strengthen and expand the skills gained in Mentalization-based therapy training.

Mindwell

Embodied Consciousness is mind-body healing approach for chronic stress, depression, anxiety, trauma, and eating disorders, blending traditional psychotherapy and yoga science. It is an integrative path to deep nervous system and emotional regulation, and self-trust that fosters deep healing and lasting transformation. Whether you're battling chronic depression or chronic illness, we serve individuals pursuing deeper understanding, prevention, and treatment of dis-ease of body and mind.

Through structured model we guide clients toward genuine psychological freedom and lasting change. Whether you've been in therapy for years or never before, our extensive library of practices, resources, and self-study materials provide multiple pathways for healing yourself from the inside out.

ABOUT

Mentalizing without the body risks becoming intellectualized detachment; embodiment without reflective awareness risks becoming unintegrated feeling. Together, they create a bridge between knowing and sensing, between the mind’s narrative and the body’s truth. Both invite us into a state of awareness, emotional regulation, and trust in our internal experience.

"This understanding came alive for me through the professional mentorship from MBT creators Professors Anthony Bateman and Peter Fonagy, whose work in mentalization based treatment taught me the profound power of reflective function and epistemic trust; and Kia Miller, founder of Radiant Body Yoga founder, whose spiritual wisdom and yoga methods helped me reconnect with the body I had disconnected from long ago. I created SMART to help the hundreds of clients heal and overcome being stuck between rationally knowing what was possible and still feeling completely overwhelmed by painfully intense feelings - what I didn't know was that it was the a method that would save me too".

Natalie Brooks, MA, LMFT

Natalie Brooks, MA, LMFT, RYT, is the founder of Mindwell and the creator of the Somatic Mentalizing and Affect Regulation Therapy (SMART) and Embodied Consciousness models. Drawing on more than two decades of clinical practice, teaching, and research, she integrates evidence-based psychotherapy with the science of yoga to foster deep, lasting transformation. A certified Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT) Therapist and Supervisor, as well as a Radiant Body Yoga teacher, Natalie has supported hundreds of clients in healing from chronic depression, complex trauma, toxic stress, and eating disorders.

"Although they may seem like separate paths, mentalization-based therapy (MBT) rooted in attachment theory and neuroscience, and the science of yoga, grounded in consciousness and ancient wisdom, they are in fact deeply intertwined. On the surface, they may appear worlds apart: one born from the psychological sciences, teaching us to hold both our own mind and the minds of others with curiosity and clarity; the other rooted in ancient yogic wisdom, guiding us back into our breath, our body, and the knower within often veiled by beliefs and thoughts. Yet I discovered through my own journey that they are inseparable".