About Dawn
Dawn Stonebraker is an Ohio licensed social worker with 16 years of experience. She emphasizes practical support for people who want a more fulfilling, happier life and stands beside them through difficult changes. She spent much of her career in aging and hospice settings.
That work gave her hands-on experience with stress, anxiety, grief and loss, and depression. She also helps people cope with major life changes and the emotional strain of caregiving.
Background and approach
Dawn focuses on teaching skills people can use right away. She works collaboratively, building on strengths and existing coping strategies. Sessions are aimed at small, manageable steps so progress feels doable.
Grief in her view appears after many kinds of losses - not just when someone dies. Job loss, relationship endings, or loss of independence can all trigger grief. She helps people name those losses and find ways to move forward without ignoring the pain.
She also addresses relationship and intimacy issues, addiction concerns, anger, career stress, body image, chronic illness, and codependency. Dawn tailors each plan to the person in front of her rather than applying one fixed method. Dawn uses approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and client-centered work to match the person’s needs.
Her style is straightforward, supportive, and cooperative, inviting people to take realistic steps toward change.
Approaches that guide online sessions and practical benefits
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is about noticing difficult thoughts and feelings and choosing actions that match your values. It can help with anxiety, stress, and making purposeful changes when life feels overwhelming.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior. It provides tools to challenge unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.
Finding the best approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked in the past. Together they will try methods that fit the person’s daily life and adjust as needed.
Online formats give flexibility for different needs. Video calls are good for face-to-face interaction and working through exercises together. Phone sessions can work when video isn’t possible or when someone needs a quieter option. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins, ongoing reflection between sessions, and support that fits into a busy day.
These options make it easier to keep momentum during stressful times and to practice skills in real life between meetings. Licensed professionals can use the chosen formats to tailor pacing, homework, and follow-up to each person’s situation.
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What this therapist works with
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- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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