About Dawne
Dawne Velianoff is a licensed master social worker with 15 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship struggles, and life transitions. She practices in Michigan and focuses on practical, person-centered care. Dawne aims to make therapy straightforward and useful for everyday life.
She begins by assessing each person's situation and then works together with them to build a clear, individualized plan. Sessions emphasize skills that can be used between meetings, such as coping techniques, communication tools, and strategies to address sleep, eating, or parenting challenges.
How Dawne works
The approach is collaborative and paced to fit the person's goals. Dawne uses several therapeutic methods in session. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and change behavior.
Mindfulness practices teach attention and emotional regulation. Motivational Interviewing supports readiness to change and strengthens commitment to goals. She also attends to broader life systems and practical risks that affect emotional health.
That includes looking at caregiving stress, career pressures, grief, intimacy or sexual concerns, and other factors that make daily life harder. The work can include coaching elements when clients want focused growth and problem solving. Sessions are offered in English and delivered online through video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Dawne explains options clearly and helps people pick the format that fits their schedule and comfort. Getting started begins with a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session.
Dawne lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Dawne works with
The areas below are the ones Dawne selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Therapeutic approaches that translate to online care
Dawne commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. CBT is practical and goal-oriented, which works well for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating issues, and behavior change.She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on clarifying values and taking committed action even when difficult feelings are present. ACT can help with stress, motivation, and coping with life changes. Client-Centered Therapy is another part of her work, offering an empathetic, listening-based space where the client's goals guide the pace and focus.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Dawne will discuss options and tailor techniques to each person's needs and preferences rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan. Clients and therapist decide together what feels most helpful as work progresses.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone calls can be useful when bandwidth is limited or for brief check-ins. Live chat and text messaging offer flexibility for quick questions or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other busy schedules.
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