Dawn Redwood

Dawn Redwood, NCPS, works in a client-centred way and keeps the person's needs at the heart of sessions. She aims to create a calm space where people can speak openly about worry, mood, relationships and eating concerns. Her style is straightforward and respectful, with a focus on what each person says they need from counselling.

She trained originally as an integrative counsellor, which gave her experience with several ways of working. That background is paired with five years of practice in both private and organisational settings. Her work has included time with a rape centre, employee assistance programmes and support in schools.

Those roles exposed her to a range of presenting issues. She has supported people with anxiety, depression, trauma and PTSD, relationship difficulties, grief and eating and body-image concerns. She also works with people experiencing stress, parenting strain, bipolar mood difficulties, and career-related worries.

Dawn describes her practice as client centred while drawing on other approaches when useful. She has also completed further courses and acts as a clinical supervisor. Her recent work included a research paper on supporting people who experience suicidal thoughts.

Sessions aim to be practical and paced to the individual. Dawn listens for what matters most and helps people find steps they can try between meetings. She encourages honesty about goals and checks in regularly to make sure the work still feels helpful.

How her approaches translate to online counselling

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what the person says matters most. The counsellor offers empathy and reflection to help people make sense of their feelings and decide on next steps, which can be useful for anxiety, relationships and eating concerns.

Motivational Interviewing is about helping someone find their own reasons to change. It uses curious questions and gentle guidance to support decisions about behaviour and coping, which can help with motivation around eating, sleep and lifestyle changes.

Finding the right way of working is a shared process. Dawn will talk with each person about their goals, try approaches that seem to fit, and check in to adjust the focus. That collaborative stance helps shape sessions around what feels useful for the individual.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow for shorter or more frequent check-ins when needed. It also lets people choose a quiet time that suits them and can make it simpler to continue work while managing day-to-day commitments.