Dawne Velianoff , LMSW

Dawne Velianoff, LMSW, provides behavioral health and life coach services for youth, adults, families and couples, and older adults. As a Licensed Master Social Worker, she emphasizes a person-centered approach, assessing each client and collaborating to create a tailored plan that reflects individual goals and strengths.

Her work integrates several evidence-informed techniques, including motivational interviewing to build motivation for change, mindfulness practices to increase present-moment awareness, parenting skills to support family functioning, and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. During sessions she draws on systems theory to explore how family, social, and environmental factors influence wellbeing, and she reviews risk factors across psychological, emotional, social, and spiritual domains that may warrant targeted interventions.

Clients can expect a practical, collaborative process aimed at improving or stabilizing personal and interpersonal relationships while addressing the factors that contribute to distress. Dawne combines coaching and therapeutic strategies to help clients navigate life transitions, strengthen coping skills, and move toward meaningful, values-driven change.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, invites clients to notice difficult thoughts and emotions without getting stuck in them and to take values-guided actions that support a meaningful life. It is often used for stress, anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying and reshaping unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through structured techniques, which can help with anxiety, depression, addiction-related patterns, and relationship challenges. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes an empathic, non-directive relationship in which the therapist offers understanding and support so clients can explore their goals and build self-directed change.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Dawne works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as progress and priorities evolve. The goal is a tailored pathway that fits the individual rather than a one-size-fits-all protocol.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - making it easier to fit care into busy schedules, manage transportation limitations, and maintain continuity of support. Licensed professionals and therapists can adapt these approaches effectively in virtual formats to help clients move toward their goals.