Dawn Nunney, NCPS

Dawn Nunney is a counsellor who blends a humanistic, client-centred way of working with practical cognitive behavioural techniques. She gardens sessions around what matters to the person in front of her, then uses straightforward strategies when thoughts and everyday habits are getting in the way. Dawn holds NCPS as a credential and has eight years of practice experience in the United Kingdom.

Her background includes health and social care work, which she brings into conversations about stress, work pressures and caregiving roles. She has particular experience supporting people with anxiety, depression and bereavement. She also helps those dealing with relationship strain, family problems, self-esteem concerns and life changes.

Dawn provided a high volume of online counselling during the Covid crisis and has also worked face to face and by phone. This gives her practical insight into how to shape sessions to fit different routines and needs. She uses motivational interviewing and solution-focused methods to help people identify small, achievable steps.

Sessions are designed to be straightforward and collaborative. Dawn listens for patterns in thinking and everyday habits, then helps clients test small changes. She is used to working with people facing addiction, trauma, parenting strain, ADHD and health-related anxieties.

People who meet her can expect a calm, down-to-earth approach that focuses on what they want to change. The work aims to make daily life feel more manageable and to build clearer ways of coping with stress and strong emotions.

How her approaches translate to online counselling

Client-centred therapy focuses on the person and their goals, offering a listening, non-judgemental space where the client leads the pace and topic of the work. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) looks at thought patterns and everyday habits, then experiments with small changes to thinking or behaviour to reduce distress. Motivational interviewing helps people resolve uncertainty about change by exploring ambivalence and building motivation in a respectful way.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The counsellor will work together with the client to agree what feels most useful, checking in and adjusting methods as goals and preferences become clearer. That collaborative stance helps shape each session so it meets the person's needs.

Dawn has experience providing a high volume of online counselling, and she has also worked face to face and by phone. Please confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy around busy days, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed, while phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth or camera use is a challenge. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt their tools to remote sessions so practical tools from CBT, motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques remain useful in everyday life.