Dawn Brearley, NCPS

Dawn Brearley is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom. She holds NCPS and has seven years of counselling experience. Dawn works with individuals and with couples on relationship concerns as a Relate qualified relationship counsellor.

Dawn focuses on everyday struggles such as stress, anxiety and depression. She also helps people facing grief, life transitions and issues around intimacy. Practical problems like communication, commitment and caregiver stress are part of her work too.

Her approach starts from a client-centred foundation. That means she listens first and follows the priorities the client brings. She weaves in other ways of working, including cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness, when they fit the person’s needs.

Dawn pays attention to how attachment and family patterns shape present problems. This can be useful when people want to understand recurring relationship tensions or family of origin issues. She brings a calm, reflective style and aims to help clients notice what they already do well.

Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person. Dawn helps clients set practical goals and try out new ways of coping between meetings. She supports people through change without promising specific outcomes, and she encourages steps that feel manageable in day-to-day life.

How therapeutic approaches are used online

Dawn uses client-centred ways of working that put the person’s priorities first. In practice this means starting sessions by listening to what matters most and shaping sessions around those concerns. Client-centred work helps with building clarity about goals and deciding small steps to try between meetings.

She also draws on cognitive behavioural therapy, which looks at how thoughts and behaviours affect mood. CBT offers clear, practical techniques for managing anxiety, low mood and stress. Mindfulness approaches are used to help people notice their experience more calmly and develop steady coping skills for grief or overwhelm.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Dawn will explore which methods feel most helpful and adapt them to each person’s goals and preferences. That means therapy is a collaborative process rather than a fixed prescription.

Details about session formats are not listed here, so please confirm the current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving or travel, and it can shorten commute time or reduce the need to rearrange a day. Talk with Dawn about what will work best for your routine and practical needs.