Dawn Rogers

Dawn Rogers is a counsellor with 20 years' experience who works with people facing stress, anxiety, anger and other mental health concerns. She holds BACP registration, and brings both professional practice and lived experience of depression to her work. Dawn aims to create calm, attentive spaces where people can name what is hard and start to make small changes.

She keeps language plain and focuses on practical steps rather than jargon. Dawn uses listening, creative approaches, and straightforward conversation to help people manage symptoms like low mood, worry, poor sleep and low self-esteem. She also supports those dealing with grief, addictions, ADHD and issues around identity, including LGBT concerns.

Over two decades Dawn has worked in schools, fostering services, a mental health and wellbeing organisation, GP surgeries, counselling charities and in private practice. That range of settings has shaped a flexible, down-to-earth style that fits different ages and life circumstances. She notices how masking, anxiety and daily pressures affect people with autism and ADHD and aims to make sessions accommodating to those needs.

Dawn believes people carry building blocks of experience and that accepting difficult feelings can open the way to creativity and change. She invites people to explore what they want from counselling and to try practical ways of coping between sessions. She places importance on feeling listened to and on forming a clear, collaborative plan.

If someone wants to take the first step, Dawn asks them to check the Start Therapy process and complete a short matching questionnaire so they can arrange a suitable time to begin.

How evidence-based approaches translate to online counselling

Dawn draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques alongside creative, person-focused work. One common approach uses structured problem-solving and coping skills to reduce anxiety and manage anger. This looks like setting small goals, trying new behaviours between sessions and reviewing what helps.

Another approach focuses on mood and loss, helping people process grief or low mood through talking, reflective exercises and paced activity planning. These steps aim to restore energy and routine rather than promising quick fixes.

Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Dawn works with each person to match methods to their goals, preferences and day-to-day demands. She listens to what has or has not worked before and adapts tools so they suit the individual rather than following a fixed plan.

Practical benefits of online work can make counselling easier to fit into life. Please confirm the session formats available before booking, as the biography does not list them. Many people find online sessions save travel time, allow shorter check-ins during a workday and make scheduling around childcare or commitments simpler. Others value the option to use creative exercises and homework between meetings to keep progress moving forward.