Dawn Nunney
Human-centred counselling with practical focus
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About Dawn
Dawn Nunney works from a humanistic, client-centred approach and blends in cognitive behavioural techniques where they help. She is NCPS credentialed and brings eight years of counselling experience. Dawn writes plainly and focuses on practical steps in sessions.
She is based in the United Kingdom and offers services in English. Dawn’s work often addresses anxiety and depression alongside bereavement and relationship strain. She also supports people dealing with stress, low self-esteem, addiction concerns, and family or parenting pressures.
Background and approach
Practical issues at work, coping with life changes, and health‑related worries are part of her caseload too. She draws on a health and social care background to inform her practice. That experience helps when talking about caregiving, cancer, fertility and other medical or care-related stresses.
She describes sessions as calm and straightforward, aiming to help people make small, manageable changes. Dawn has substantial experience providing online counselling and also practised face-to-face and phone counselling. She uses motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques alongside client-centred work to support decision making and short-term goals.
This mix lets her match the approach to each person’s needs. People meet her for help with trauma, attachment and family of origin issues, adoption and foster care concerns, and intimacy-related or communication problems. She also works with ADHD-related challenges, anger, sleep and eating issues, and compassion fatigue.
To begin, people use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling according to the therapist’s availability.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 8
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Registration number
- NCS15-02034
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Dawn's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Dawn works with
Everything Dawn lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Dawn lists
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
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How Dawn works online
Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss options, try methods that suit the person’s goals, and adjust the focus as progress is made. People are encouraged to say what feels useful and what does not so plans can change together.
Her experience includes a high volume of online counselling plus face-to-face and phone work. The exact session formats currently offered should be confirmed before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy around work, family life and other commitments, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. They also let people continue regular support if circumstances change, while the therapist helps adapt techniques and tasks to work in day-to-day life.
Questions and answers
What kinds of problems does this counsellor help with?
Dawn supports people with anxiety, depression, bereavement and relationship strain. She also works with stress, self-esteem, addictions and many family-related concerns.
What is the main therapeutic style used in sessions?
The primary approach is humanistic or client-centred therapy, with cognitive behavioural techniques added when helpful. She also uses motivational interviewing and solution-focused methods for goal work.
How much experience does the counsellor have?
She has eight years of counselling experience and previously worked in health and social care, which informs her therapeutic perspective.
Where is the counsellor based and what credential is held?
The counsellor is based in the United Kingdom and holds the NCPS credential as supplied in her background.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and the counsellor accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The biography notes experience with online, face-to-face and phone counselling during past work. Confirm current session options with the service before booking.
How does pricing and payment work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided via a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with this counsellor?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule appointments according to the therapist’s availability.
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