Dawn Ogle, LPC

Dawn Ogle is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Oregon with 13 years of clinical experience. She has worked extensively in recovery services, victims' services, and dual-diagnosis care, and has shared her knowledge by teaching at Rogue Community College (RCC) and Southern Oregon University (SOU). Dawn blends professional expertise with a warm, nonjudgmental stance to support people navigating stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma and abuse, depression, shame, self-esteem concerns, family-of-origin issues, and parenting challenges.

Her practice emphasizes practical, compassionate collaboration that helps clients explore healthier communication, address co-occurring concerns, and build resilience. Dawn also works with relationship matters such as polyamory and non-monogamous dynamics, and she focuses on women’s issues and fostering greater self-love. She draws on trauma-focused and client-centered approaches to tailor care to each person’s needs and goals.

Outside of her clinical work, Dawn enjoys camping, crafting, Native American drumming and singing, rock hounding, tending house plants, traveling, jamming with friends, and searching for shooting stars. She encourages clients to let go of what is not working and to create more room for joy, believing that with commitment and support people can move toward more fulfilling, happier lives.

Client-Centered and Trauma-Focused Support Online

Client-Centered Therapy centers the person seeking help, offering a respectful, empathic environment where the therapist follows the client’s lead and supports self-exploration. This approach works well for stress, self-esteem concerns, relationship difficulties, and situations where strengthening personal insight and coping skills is the goal.

Trauma-Focused Therapy is aimed at helping people process and make sense of traumatic experiences. It uses structured techniques to reduce the ongoing impact of trauma and to support recovery from related challenges such as anxiety, mood disruptions, and struggles with addiction.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Dawn collaborates with each person to identify which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds. This collaborative stance helps ensure care is responsive and individualized.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can be held by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to maintain regular sessions, access care from home or elsewhere, and continue work on goals even when in-person visits are not possible.