Dawn Mullen
Compassionate support for addiction and trauma recovery
About Dawn
Dawn Mullen helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma and abuse, and low self-esteem. She supports those coping with life changes, grief, anger, career concerns and depression. Dawn also works with issues such as caregiver stress, codependency, dissociation, domestic violence, and process addictions like gambling or pornography.
She is introduced as a calm, steady presence for people weighed down by shame, isolation or recent separation. Dawn trained and registers with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, recorded as BACP.
Background and approach
She has seven years of clinical experience, including work in residential rehabilitation supporting people with addiction and related difficulties. That background informs her practical, straightforward approach to common problems after treatment. Her style blends person-centred listening with cognitive behavioural tools.
Sessions focus on what matters to the individual and on steps they can try between meetings. Dawn aims to build a gentler inner dialogue, reduce distressing symptoms and help people make concrete changes in day-to-day life. She draws on mindfulness and trauma-focused work when past events are getting in the way of present life.
Internal Family Systems ideas may be used to map different parts of a person’s experience and how they influence behaviour. Dawn keeps explanations plain and offers exercises that are easy to practice outside sessions. People who meet Dawn can expect warm, compassionate support combined with structured techniques when useful.
She encourages gradual progress and helps clients find ways to manage setbacks. To start, a short questionnaire and a booked session set the process in motion.
What Dawn works with
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Sessions & fees
How these approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on being heard and understood. The therapist listens without judgement and helps people clarify what they want to change, which is useful for stress, low self-worth or life changes.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact. It uses short practical exercises and simple experiments to reduce anxiety, tackle unhelpful habits and manage mood symptoms.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches present-moment awareness and simple attention practices. This can help reduce rumination, ease stress and support recovery after trauma.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk through goals and try methods that fit the person's needs and preferences. Changes are reviewed together so the plan can be adjusted if something isn't helping.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a longer session is needed. Phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited or for those preferring voice contact. Live chat and messaging suit brief check-ins, shorter reflections between sessions or people who prefer writing. These options help therapy fit around work, caregiving and everyday life.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
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- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
