Dawn Johnston

Dawn Johnston is a counsellor with two decades of experience based in the United Kingdom. She supports people coping with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, anger, low self‑esteem and depression. Dawn also helps with grief, trauma and abuse, eating and sleeping problems, parenting worries, career concerns and coping with life changes.

She works in a respectful and sensitive way. Conversations are shaped around each person's needs and goals. Dawn says she tailors the dialogue and the plan to fit what matters most to the client.

Dawn blends a few different approaches when they suit the person sitting across from her. She uses client‑centred ideas to keep the work focused on the client's experience. Cognitive behavioural techniques are brought in to help change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours.

Meditation and mindfulness practices are used at times to calm an overactive mind. Hypnotherapy and psychodynamic ideas may be included when they seem helpful for deeper patterns and memories.

She is registered with the BACP, which is the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Dawn invites people to take the first step and complete the initial matching questionnaire to begin the scheduling process.

How her approaches work for online counselling

Dawn often draws on client‑centred therapy, which means sessions focus on the person's own experience and priorities. This approach helps people feel heard and shapes the work around what they want to change.

She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy, which looks at patterns of thinking and behaviour and introduces strategies to manage anxiety, anger and mood symptoms. CBT is practical and goal oriented, so it suits clients who want tools they can use between sessions.

Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Dawn will discuss goals, preferences and what has or hasn't helped before, then agree a plan together. She adapts methods over time if something is not working or if priorities shift.

Please confirm the available session formats before booking because this profile does not list them. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow quieter check‑ins that suit work breaks or school hours. Discussing practical arrangements up front helps make sessions manageable and useful for everyday life.