Dawn Nunney , NCPS

Dawn Nunney brings a warm, human-centered approach to counselling, combining person-centered principles with practical cognitive behavioral techniques when appropriate. With eight years of professional experience, she draws on a background in health and social care to inform her therapeutic work and to provide grounded, real-world support. Dawn is recognised as an accredited anxiety and depression therapist with a UK charity and holds the NCPS credential, a counselling qualification that reflects her training in therapeutic practice.

She has extensive experience delivering online counselling, particularly during the Covid crisis, and is also practiced in face-to-face and telephone sessions. Dawn has supported people through a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, bereavement, relationship and family challenges, health-related stress, work pressures, and self-esteem issues. Her style emphasizes empathy, active listening, and collaboration, helping clients explore their experiences and develop practical strategies for change.

Dawn aims to create a supportive environment where individuals can address immediate problems and build skills for long-term wellbeing. She adapts her methods to each person's needs, combining humanistic care with evidence-informed techniques to guide clients toward clearer thinking and healthier patterns of coping.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Client-Centered Therapy places the person at the heart of the process, focusing on empathy, respect, and understanding so clients can explore their feelings at their own pace. This approach helps people working through relationship concerns, grief, self-esteem issues, and life transitions by fostering a safe space for reflection.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, involves identifying unhelpful thought and behaviour patterns and developing practical strategies to change them. It is often used to address anxiety, depression, sleep and eating difficulties, and stress-related problems by teaching skills for coping and problem solving.

Motivational Interviewing supports clients who are ambivalent about change by using a collaborative, nonjudgmental style to strengthen personal motivation. It can be particularly helpful for addictions, behavioural changes, and situations where someone is weighing options for their next steps.

Dawn approaches the choice of method as a collaborative process - she will work with each client to determine which combination of approaches best fits their goals, needs, and preferences. The practical benefits of online therapy include flexible scheduling and multiple ways to connect such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier for clients to access consistent support from wherever they are.