About Dawn
Dawn Lockwood is a UK-based counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression and major life changes. She works with individuals struggling with grief, low self-esteem, sleep problems, anger and addictive behaviours. Dawn aims to create a calm, welcoming space where people can say what they need to and be heard.
She uses practical, straightforward ways to look at problems. That can mean noticing thoughts and behaviours that keep someone stuck and trying small experiments to change them.
How Dawn works
She also draws on mindful techniques to reduce overwhelm and solution-focused ideas to set clear, manageable goals. With four years of experience, Dawn supports clients dealing with relationship strain, career worries and workplace stress. Her additional focus includes first responder issues, end-of-life and hospice concerns, and challenges such as hoarding, shame and social anxiety.
She also offers help with post-traumatic stress and prejudice-related distress. Dawn holds NCPS as a credential and works in the United Kingdom. Sessions are offered in English and can take place by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging.
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, a person selects the Start Therapy button, completes a short matching questionnaire, and then schedules sessions according to the therapist's availability. Dawn aims to partner with each person to find small, realistic steps toward feeling better.
Dawn lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
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.
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
Training and background
| Register | NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How her approaches work online
Dawn draws on client-centred work to start every conversation. That means sessions begin with listening and understanding what matters most to the person. This approach helps when people are coping with grief, shame or low self-esteem because it focuses on their experience first.She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy to look at patterns of thinking and behaviour that keep problems going. CBT helps with anxiety, depression, sleep issues and anger by identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviours in small steps.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Dawn discusses goals, preferences and practical needs with each person and adapts methods as therapy progresses. Together they decide which techniques fit best for the situation.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be lower-bandwidth and easier on the go, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy lives and to try different formats to see what works best.
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