About Dawne
Dawne Velianoff is a licensed master social worker with 15 years of experience helping adults through major life stresses. She offers behavioral health and life coaching services and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Dawne practices in Michigan and works in English.
Dawne begins by listening to each person's story and priorities. She and the client create a person-centered plan that targets clear goals. Sessions mix coaching and therapy strategies so people can tackle problems between meetings.
Background and approach
Her work commonly addresses anxiety, stress, depression, addiction concerns, relationship struggles, grief, and ADHD-related challenges. Dawne also helps with issues such as self-esteem, anger, sleep and eating problems, career questions, and navigating major life changes. In sessions she uses cognitive behavioral techniques and motivational interviewing to name patterns and try new behaviors.
Mindfulness practices are used to help manage strong emotions and reduce reactivity. The approach is practical and focused on what the client wants to change. Dawne pays attention to systems and role demands that affect daily life, including caregiver strain and blended family dynamics.
She also supports people dealing with trauma, intimacy issues, and compassion fatigue. The work looks at risk factors and builds skills to stabilize relationships and personal functioning.
Evidence-informed approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is about noticing thoughts and choosing actions that match your values. It can help when anxiety, avoidance, or unclear priorities get in the way of daily life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions to shift unhelpful patterns and try new behaviors that produce different results.Finding the right approach is a team effort. Dawne will collaborate with each person to pick methods that fit their goals and comfort level, and she adjusts strategies as progress is tracked. The process is practical and guided by what the client wants to change.
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video works well for longer sessions and face-to-face conversation. Phone can be a good option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging fit brief check-ins, reminders, or ongoing coaching between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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