Dawn Stonebraker, LISW

Dawn Stonebraker is an Ohio-licensed independent social worker (LISW) with 16 years of professional experience. She works with adults on issues like stress, anxiety, grief, depression, coping with life changes, and addiction. Her background includes extensive work in aging and hospice settings, where she supported people through loss and major transitions.

Dawn uses straightforward, practical methods in sessions. She helps people learn skills to manage anxiety and stress, and she practices approaches that focus on feelings, behavior, and values. Conversations are meant to identify coping strategies and build on strengths the person already has.

Her work with grief looks beyond bereavement to include losses such as job loss, relationship endings, or reduced independence after illness. She helps people name the loss, understand the emotional load, and find ways to move forward without minimizing what they feel.

When life shifts suddenly, Dawn helps people regain balance. That might mean reorganizing daily routines, working through complicated emotions, or practicing new ways to relate to others. She aims to make change feel more manageable rather than overwhelming.

Dawn emphasizes collaboration. She treats the person as the expert on their life and works together to choose approaches that fit each situation. Her clinical methods include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, and emotionally focused tools.

Sessions are conducted in English and are rooted in practical problem solving. People seeking help with career strain, relationship stress, self-esteem, or caregiver fatigue will find her experience directly relevant to those concerns.

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