About Dawn
Dawn Lockwood, NCPS, offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety or big life changes. She focuses on helping individuals manage phobias, grief, low self-esteem and relationship strain so daily life feels more manageable. Her style aims to be warm and straightforward, meeting clients where they are with clear next steps.
Dawn draws on client-centred work to listen first and follow the client’s lead. She uses cognitive behavioural techniques to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try small experiments in thinking and behaviour.
Background and approach
Mindfulness helps people notice their experience without getting caught up in it, and solution-focused ideas keep sessions practical and goal-oriented. With four years of professional experience, Dawn has worked with a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, sleep difficulties, addiction-related struggles and workplace stress.
She also offers support around first responder issues, hospice and end-of-life topics, and feelings such as guilt, shame or isolation. Sessions are offered in English and delivered online by video, phone, live chat or text messaging. Dawn works with each person to set clear, realistic goals and to build coping strategies that fit everyday life.
Her approach is to empower people to make steady changes, at a pace that feels right for them. Practical steps are part of her work: simple breathing or grounding exercises, looking at small behaviour changes, and identifying supportive routines. Dawn aims to help clients leave sessions feeling clearer and with at least one doable step to try before the next meeting.
How Dawn uses practical approaches online
Online sessions often draw on client-centred work, which means the counsellor listens closely and follows what matters most to the client. This approach helps people feel heard and decide together what to focus on next.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings and actions. Dawn uses CBT techniques to help identify unhelpful thought patterns and to try small, practical experiments that can reduce anxiety, phobias and low mood.
Mindfulness Therapy is used alongside other methods to build awareness of the present moment. Simple breathing or grounding exercises are practised in sessions to help reduce reactivity and improve sleep and concentration.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dawn will discuss options and tailor methods to personal goals, preferences and day-to-day life. The process is collaborative and paced to suit each person.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and build rapport, while phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options add flexibility so therapy can fit around work, family and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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