ABOUT | Proximity LLC

About Proximity

Hi, I’m Natalie — founder of Proximity.

I’m a licensed master social worker, artist, and florist who blends trauma-informed care, expressive arts, and education to cultivate spaces where healing, creativity, and connection can grow. My work is rooted in both professional training and lived experience, with a deep commitment to survivor-centered, compassionate practice.

Proximity exists because healing doesn’t happen in isolation. It happens in relationship — to ourselves, to others, and to the world around us.

Mission

Proximity supports individuals, groups, and organizations in cultivating resilience, creativity, and meaningful connection through trauma-informed practices and expressive arts.

At the heart of this work is the belief that healing is not about “fixing” people — it’s about creating conditions where safety, agency, and wholeness are possible.

Services Offered

Proximity offers trauma-informed, creative, and educational services, including:

Trauma-Informed Education & Training
Workshops, trainings, and learning experiences for organizations, faith communities, and groups seeking to deepen trauma awareness and care.
Expressive Arts & Creative Experiences
Art-based workshops and classes designed to support reflection, healing, and self-expression.
Floral Design & Creative Work
Custom floral arrangements, workshops, and original art exploring spirituality, trauma, mental health, and healing.
Consultation & Support
Trauma-informed consultation for teams and organizations working with survivors or vulnerable populations.

Who could benefit?

Proximity works with:

Survivors, individuals, and/or professionals seeking creative, trauma-informed spaces
Organizations and teams supporting vulnerable communities
Faith communities and community groups
Anyone longing for more grounded, compassionate ways of being with themselves and others
etc.

Why This Matters

Trauma impacts individuals, families, communities, and systems — often in ways that go unseen. Trauma steals from us. Trauma-informed care helps us respond with curiosity instead of judgment, compassion instead of control, and connection instead of isolation.

Through education, art, and presence, Proximity invites people into practices that honor lived experience and support sustainable, humane ways of caring for self and one another and ways to support reclaiming creativity and connection.

Some Notes

1. Proximity LLC does not provide therapy or counseling services at this time; however, services may be therapeutic and/or therapeutic in nature.

2. Proximity LLC affirms the dignity and worth of all people and provides services without discrimination based on race, ethnicity, culture, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, ability, religion, or socioeconomic status.

3.All services seek to be trauma-informed, relational, and non-pathologizing. Participation never requires sharing personal stories.

EXPLORE WORKING TOGETHER

Natalie (she/her/hers) has her Bachelors of Science in Clinical Biology with a double minor in Psychology and Spanish. While in undergrad, she founded an anti-human trafficking organization for students on her college campus. She went on to become a Licensed Master Social Worker specializing in Trauma and Interpersonal Violence. Natalie has been working in the field of Behavioral Health for about 8 years and is a clinical counselor. She has experience working with people from all ages and backgrounds who have several types of mental health concerns, PTSD/CPTSD, trauma, have been trafficked & exploited, and who struggle with substance use. She is the Chairperson of the Trauma- Informed Care Committee at her place of work, is a member of the Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Committee at her place of work, has hundreds of hours of various training and volunteer experiences in 10+ different countries, and is a certified Addictions Counselor (ADC). She likes to say she is a therapist by day and business owner/creator by night.

Natalie's artistic abilities were discovered at the young age of 4 and were cultivated throughout her childhood and adolescence through private lessons and programs. She won several awards and scholarships for her art concentration in high school, has taught several students of all ages in private lessons, and utilized her skills to help provide funding to travel the world throughout high school and college. After sometime away from creating art, Natalie is reclaiming creativity and is working to truly establish her unique style as she is on her own healing journey. She is a Certified Therapeutic Art Life Coach and loves to incorporate expressive arts in her daily life and in her work as a therapist.

Natalie would pick, arrange, and sell flowers on her street as a young child and has always been fascinated by nature. She completed her Florist Certificate in 2021 (a life long dream) and is excited for how she can incorporate flowers in her personal self care, in encouragement/celebration for others, and in her work as a therapist. She has experience in small weddings and events, and loves to tell people's stories through floral design.

Natalie considers herself a life long learner and has a deep appreciation for culture and languages. She attributes a lot of who she is to the experiences she has had traveling the world and acknowledges her privilege to have gotten to learn from and know many amazing people of all backgrounds. Natalie's spirituality is extremely important to her and she has a heart for faith communities to learn, change, and resist traumatization of others.

Natalie; her partner, Andrew; her children; and, her beloved dog, Pearl, reside in South Carolina.

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