Dawn Redwood, NCPS

Dawn Redwood is an integrative counsellor with five years of professional experience who blends a client-centred way of working with knowledge of multiple therapeutic modalities. She holds the NCPS credential, which indicates professional training and competence in psychotherapy, and has extended her skills through additional courses, clinical supervision training, and a recent research paper on working with suicidal clients.

Working primarily in a client-centred manner, she places the individual's needs and preferences at the heart of therapy while drawing on other approaches when they will benefit the work. This flexible stance helps her create a welcoming space where people can feel understood and begin to explore difficult experiences at their own pace. Dawn has practised both in private settings and across a range of organisations and charities, including work in schools with young people, delivering therapy through employee assistance programmes, and supporting people at a rape centre.

Those experiences have helped her develop expertise in areas such as anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, PTSD and trauma. She aims to support clients through life changes and complex emotional challenges by combining empathic listening, practical tools, and a collaborative therapeutic relationship.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Dawn integrates Client-Centered Therapy and Trauma-Focused Therapy into her online work. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on building a trusting therapeutic relationship, offering empathic listening and support so clients can explore their thoughts and feelings and set the pace of change; it is helpful for issues such as anxiety, relationship concerns, low self-esteem and life transitions. Trauma-Focused Therapy addresses the effects of traumatic experiences by helping clients process difficult memories and reduce trauma-related symptoms, making it applicable for people coping with PTSD, abuse, or complex trauma.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Dawn works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods fit best with their needs, goals and preferences, and she adapts the approach over time as work progresses to ensure the best possible match.

Online therapy with Dawn offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call or phone, or through live chat and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments, increase access for people who cannot attend in person, and allow continuity of care when life circumstances change.