- ACT
- CBT
- Attachment work
About Dawn
Dawn Madden is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with 11 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem struggles, LGBTQ-related concerns, and life changes, including substance use and trauma-related issues.
Dawn centers sessions on the person's own knowledge of their life. She treats clients as the expert on their story and helps them notice strengths they already have. Conversations focus on practical steps, thinking patterns, and the feelings that keep someone stuck in guilt or shame.
Her approach draws on several evidence-informed methods. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and act with purpose. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Attachment-based ideas guide work on connection and relational patterns.
In session she aims to balance listening with concrete tools. Expect a mix of talking, skill practice, and planning small changes that fit daily life. She also brings experience from the substance use field when that is part of the concern.
People often come for help with abandonment, body image, codependency, communication problems, dissociation, or forgiveness concerns. Dawn also supports those coping with divorce or separation, blended family issues, and first responder stress. She offers sessions in English and practices in Pennsylvania.
How Dawn’s approaches shape online sessions
Dawn draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people identify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values, even when guilt or shame shows up. ACT focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings and choosing meaningful behavior rather than getting stuck in struggle.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to map the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. CBT offers clear, practical steps to test assumptions and change patterns that contribute to ongoing shame or negative self-beliefs. Attachment-based ideas are used to look at how early relationship patterns influence current trust and connection issues.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Dawn will collaborate with each person to figure out which methods fit their goals and preferences, and may combine techniques across approaches as appropriate.
Confirm the current session formats before booking because the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce the time spent traveling. Therapists often adapt exercises, worksheets, and skill practice for remote sessions so people can try tools between meetings and bring real-life examples back to session.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
11+ years
Listed in
Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, LGBTQ-related concerns, and life changes, plus substance use and trauma-related issues.
How would she approach guilt or shame?
She uses approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and CBT to name painful thoughts, notice how they affect behavior, and try small, values-based steps instead of fighting feelings directly.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 11 years of professional work experience, including work in the substance use field and trauma-related settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Pennsylvania and provides services from that state.
Does she work in other languages or accept international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the first step to begin working together?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.