Dawn Livingston, LCSW

Dawn Livingston is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who helps people navigate difficult moments and build lasting coping skills. With a background that spans therapy, crisis intervention, case management, and advocacy, she draws on practical experience to support clients through stress, loss, and life transitions. Her approach is grounded in treating each person as an individual and partnering with them to identify strengths and practical strategies for change.

Dawn works with people facing anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem concerns, and relationship challenges. She also focuses on issues such as attachment and abandonment, guilt and shame, panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, sexuality, social anxiety, and women's issues. Her practice emphasizes helping clients develop emotional regulation, improve relationships, and increase resilience in the face of life stressors.

Treatment is tailored to each client's needs and may draw from evidence-based techniques including cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, attachment-based work, person-centered care, strengths-based methods, and solution-focused strategies. Dawn holds a Master of Social Work (MSW) from Campbellsville University, a Bachelor of Science in Social Work from Austin Peay State University, and is a Certified Social Worker (CSW). She aims to create a supportive, nonjudgmental environment where clients can feel heard and work toward meaningful growth.

Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Therapy Options

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps clients identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns, then develop practical skills to change thinking and behavior. It is often used for anxiety, depression, panic symptoms, and mood concerns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) focuses on building emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness through structured skill-building and validation; it can be especially helpful for intense emotions, self-harm urges, and relationship difficulties. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationship patterns affect current connections and sense of safety, supporting work on abandonment, attachment issues, and relational wounds.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Dawn collaborates with each client to determine which techniques best match their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts interventions over time so therapy remains a personalized and evolving process.

Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility for scheduling, easier access from home, and multiple ways to communicate that fit different comfort levels. These options make it possible to maintain continuity of care during life transitions and to choose the format that best supports progress.