Dawn Stonebraker, LISW

Dawn Stonebraker is an Ohio-licensed social worker with 16 years of experience. She invites people to take the first step toward a more fulfilling life and offers steady support through hard transitions.

Her background includes many years working around aging and hospice care. That work led her to help people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and major life changes. She notes these concerns show up across all kinds of lives, not only with older adults or end-of-life care.

Dawn focuses on practical skills people can use day to day. She helps clients build on strengths they already have and practice new ways to respond to stress. She emphasizes short, doable steps rather than overwhelming solutions.

Grief and loss are a common focus. Dawn describes grief as more than losing a person - it can follow a job loss, a relationship ending, or a decline in independence from illness or injury. She helps people identify supports and work through the emotional energy loss requires.

She also works with concerns such as relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, anger, addiction, career pressures, and compassion fatigue. Dawn approaches each person’s story as unique and collaborates to find a fitting path forward.

Dawn uses well-established methods including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and client-centered work. Her style is collaborative and straightforward: she listens, offers tools, and practices them together with clients.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Dawn uses therapies that focus on values, present-moment work, and learning skills that help in day-to-day life. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then take actions that match their values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and teaches practical steps to change unhelpful patterns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on emotions in relationships and helps people understand and shift hurting interaction patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dawn will talk with each person about goals, needs, and preferences and then suggest methods to try. She treats this as a team effort and adjusts the plan based on what helps most.

The original biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current online options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow a quicker check-in when problems arise. It can also let people choose quieter times or shorter sessions when needed. Dawn combines practical skill-building and emotional work to make remote sessions feel useful and focused.