Sustainable development can be pursued through electrification in all sectors, and energy storage devices -mainly batteries- play a crucial role in this process. This leads to an ever-increasing demand for rechargeable batteries. However, the current generation of the rechargeable batteries, namely lithium-ion batteries, is produced using elements such as Li, Ni, and Co which have limited resources. Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) on the other hand are considered as a good alternative due to the abundance of Na resources and fundamental similarities of Na and Li. While the cathode material for SIBs has reached a commercial level of reliability, the identification of a high energy anode material still remains a challenge. Although Na metal as an anode material offers high energy density, the main issue is that Na metal has a tendency for dendritic growth during electrodeposition.In this work, different electrochemical strategies are used to mitigate dendritic Na growth. High overpotential nucleation pulses during stripping and/or plating steps are applied in order to induce two-dimensional growth. The impact of these strategies is studied using three-electrode symmetrical cells with Na metal as the working, counter, and reference electrodes, in an electrolyte composed of NaPF6 in EC/PC with FEC as an additive. Chronopotentiograms recorded during extended cycling (with and without Na pre-nucleation) are examined with special attention being paid to the overpotentials occurring on each cycle. Ex-situ SEM images are used to relate the different potential profiles during extended galvanostatic cycling to the different surface morphologies.The results show that a combination of oxidative (stripping) and reductive (plating) pulses has an obvious effect on inhibiting dendritic growth during electrodeposition of Na metal. The results encourage the deployment of electrochemical strategies to prevent dendritic growth in Na metal anodes and paves the way for experiments with new electrolyte compositions to further help overcoming the challenges associated with Na deposition.