About Dawn
Dawn Manton offers support for stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem and depression. She also helps people facing addictions, relationship or family difficulties, eating concerns, parenting strain, anger, career questions and major life changes. Dawn presents as a warm, interactive counsellor who aims to make it easier to begin talking about what feels hard.
Dawn has a decade of experience, including work within the NHS and in independent practice.
How Dawn works
She uses that background to create a calm space where people can speak without being judged. Dawn values the relationship in therapy and works to build trust from the first sessions. Her sessions suit people who feel stuck, overwhelmed or exhausted by their emotions.
She listens for the everyday patterns that make problems feel bigger and helps clients identify small, practical steps forward. Sessions can focus on understanding feelings, improving communication, or planning realistic changes in daily life. Dawn has a BACP credential, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy registration.
She practises in the United Kingdom and runs sessions in English. She does not take international clients. Session formats include video calls, phone sessions and live chat, and text-based messaging is offered for ongoing support.
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and are paid via a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button and complete the short matching questionnaire.
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
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online support
Many of the techniques Dawn uses focus on clear, evidence-based steps to reduce distress and improve daily coping. One common approach helps people identify unhelpful thought patterns and try different ways of thinking and acting to change low mood and anxiety. This method is useful for stress, worry and low mood.Another approach focuses on understanding responses to trauma and overwhelming events. It helps people make sense of distressing memories, reduce intrusive reactions and build skills to manage strong emotions. This is often helpful after abuse, loss or shocking events.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist and client decide together which techniques fit best with the client’s needs, goals and preferences. The therapist will explain options and adapt sessions as progress is made.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls let you use body language and visual cues, while phone sessions can be a good choice when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging suit people who prefer written support or want flexible check-ins between calls. These options make therapy more adaptable to busy schedules and different comfort levels.
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