About Dawn
Dawn Johnston is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, phobias and mood struggles. She works with concerns such as depression, panic attacks, relationship strain, grief and loss. Dawn also supports people with sleep and eating issues, parenting pressures, career decisions and coping with major life changes.
Dawn uses a straightforward, respectful style in sessions. She listens without judgement and adapts conversations to each person. Her approach blends talking therapies with practical techniques so people can try new ways of managing symptoms between sessions.
Background and approach
She draws on Client-Centred Therapy so the conversation stays focused on what matters to the individual. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) informs the practical strategies she suggests for tackling panic, anxiety and low mood. Dawn also uses mindfulness practices and elements of psychodynamic thinking to understand repeated patterns that cause distress.
Dawn has 20 years of professional experience and holds BACP registration. That background gives her a wide base of work to draw on when supporting people through complex situations like bereavement, divorce and caregiver stress. Her sessions aim to be calm and practical.
You can expect clear, simple techniques to try between meetings and an emphasis on small, achievable steps. Dawn encourages people to set realistic goals and reviews progress as therapy continues.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's experience. It aims to make sessions feel supportive and to help people find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings and actions. It gives simple tools to reduce panic, anxiety and low mood and to change unhelpful habits.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapeutic work. Dawn will discuss goals and preferences and together you will try approaches that suit your situation. This collaborative process makes it easier to adapt methods if something isn't helpful.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let you keep visual contact and work more deeply. Phone sessions can be quicker or easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging suit short check-ins, journalling between sessions, or when writing helps you reflect. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, parenting or travel while keeping the focus on steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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