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How Dawn works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LISW
- Licensed in
- Ohio
- Years in practice
- 16
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Dawn
Dawn Stonebraker is an Ohio-licensed independent social worker with 16 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and major life changes. Dawn emphasizes practical support and a steady, collaborative approach as someone begins the work of change.
Her background includes extensive work in aging and hospice settings, where she guided people through loss, illness, caregiving strain, and shifting roles. Those experiences shaped her interest in grief, caregiver issues, chronic illness, and the aging process, but she applies the same practical skills to many life situations.
Background and approach
Dawn uses a mix of approaches depending on each person's needs. She draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice thoughts and take values-based action. She also uses Client-Centered and Emotionally-Focused ideas to create a respectful, listening space.
In sessions she teaches coping skills for stress, builds tools for managing anger and addictive patterns, and supports people facing relationship or career transitions. She talks plainly and offers step-by-step strategies people can try between meetings. Clients can expect a collaborative process where the therapist treats them as the expert on their life.
Dawn helps clarify goals, picks practical techniques that fit day-to-day life, and adjusts the work as needs change.
What Dawn works with
Everything Dawn lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Dawn's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Dawn lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice their thoughts and commit to actions that match their values. It is useful for stress, anxiety, and making forward steps through difficult feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety or low mood. Both approaches emphasize practical exercises to try between sessions and measurable steps forward.Dawn treats finding the right approach as a team effort. She listens to each person’s goals and life situation, then suggests techniques that fit day-to-day routines. Over time she adjusts methods based on what helps most, so clients play an active role in shaping the work.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video works well for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and text or chat formats suit quick check-ins or short, frequent support. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or medical schedules while keeping consistent progress.
Questions people ask about Dawn
What kinds of concerns does Dawn address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, anger, addictions, relationship and family issues, caregiver strain, chronic illness concerns, and related life challenges.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Dawn takes a collaborative, practical approach. Sessions focus on clear skills, emotional support, and adapting techniques to daily life.
What is her professional background?
She has 16 years of professional experience and has worked extensively in aging and hospice settings, which informed her work with grief and caregiver issues.
What credentials and location apply?
She holds an LISW credential and is licensed in Ohio.
Which languages and international options are offered?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.