About Dawn
Dawn Glasco is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 15 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She practices from New Jersey and works with adults facing trauma, self‑esteem struggles, and difficulties with attachment and abandonment. She uses clear, practical tools in sessions so people leave with something they can try.
Dawn focuses on everyday ways to cope with overwhelming feelings, improve communication, and reduce social anxiety and isolation.
How Dawn works
She also supports people working through life changes such as divorce and separation. Dawn draws on cognitive behavior approaches to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and test new, healthier behaviors. She pairs that work with a broader view of a person’s life, looking at body image, caregiver stress, guilt, and shame.
This helps people connect their feelings to the situations that trigger them. Her background includes a bachelor’s degree from Rutgers University and a master’s degree from Kean University. Her training and long experience include focused work with trauma and post‑traumatic stress and she is certified in Trauma Focused‑Cognitive Behavior Therapy.
These experiences shape how she structures sessions and supports recovery. Dawn aims for sessions that are straightforward and collaborative. She helps people set small, doable goals and practices new skills during therapy.
Her approach emphasizes steady progress and real‑world results.
What Dawn works with
The areas below are the ones Dawn selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New Jersey |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and online sessions
Many clients begin with cognitive behavior techniques, which help identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors in daily life. This approach suits issues like anxiety, depression, social phobia, and difficulties with self‑esteem.Dawn also brings trauma‑focused cognitive behavior work to sessions, which uses structured steps to process traumatic memories and reduce post‑traumatic stress symptoms. That approach is useful for people dealing with past abuse, recurrent intrusive memories, or strong avoidance patterns.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they choose methods and adapt them over time to fit the person’s needs.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow a full face‑to‑face conversation while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a camera feels uncomfortable. Live chat and text‑based messaging make it simple to check in between sessions or fit brief conversations around a busy day. These options add flexibility and let people keep therapy consistent with work, caregiving, or travel schedules.
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