About Dawn
Dawn Nunney is a counsellor who uses a humanistic, client-centred style and adds cognitive behavioural techniques when they help. She offers straightforward, calm support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress or anxiety. Dawn draws on eight years of practice and a background in health and social care to guide conversations and problem solving.
She has worked with many issues including depression, bereavement and relationship strain. She also supports people with self-esteem, work-related difficulties, addiction concerns and sleep problems.
Background and approach
Dawn lists ADHD, compassion fatigue and parenting pressures among her areas of focus too. In sessions she listens first and then helps clients try practical steps. That can mean looking at unhelpful thinking patterns, setting small goals, or finding clearer ways to communicate.
She adapts the work to fit the person sitting across from her or the way they prefer to connect online. Dawn spent a lot of time providing online counselling during the Covid crisis, and she is experienced with phone and face-to-face work as well. Her NCPS credential is listed as part of her professional details.
People contact her about life changes such as divorce, bereavement or fertility challenges. She also supports those dealing with trauma, family of origin issues, and chronic health stresses. The focus is on steady, practical steps to feel more able to cope.
How Dawn blends practical approaches for online therapy
Client-centred therapy focuses on the person and their experience, with the counsellor offering empathic listening and gentle reflection. It helps when someone needs space to be heard and to make decisions at their own pace.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at thinking patterns and behaviours that keep problems going. It is often used for anxiety, low mood and sleep issues by breaking things down into small, testable steps and practical exercises.
Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons for change and build confidence to act. It can be useful when addressing addictions, ambivalence about life changes, or making health-related shifts.
Choosing the best approach is part of the therapeutic process. The counsellor will work collaboratively to decide which methods suit a person’s goals, needs and preferences. That may mean mixing client-centred listening with CBT techniques or using motivational interviewing for readiness to change.
Online formats offer flexibility and make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives. Video calls let people see non-verbal cues, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a good shorter option, and live chat or text messaging suit quick check-ins or those who prefer writing. These options help people access consistent support without travel and allow different ways of engaging with the work.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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