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Hey there! I’m Dawn—but you can just call me your friendly neighborhood counselor. I’m the one who believes that “busy” isn’t a badge of honor—it’s often a nervous system on overdrive wrapped in a color-coded planner.
I specialize in helping high-achieving women who look like they have it all together… but internally feel like a browser with 47 tabs open (and probably have 47+ tabs open on their computer). The one who secretly wonders if their life is a never-ending PowerPoint presentation.
If you’re the one who holds everything, anticipates everything, and somehow keeps going no matter what—yep, you’re my people.
My Mission: Retiring the Perfectionist Cape (Gently… No Sudden Movements)
Let’s talk about that cape.
You’ve worn it well. It’s gotten you far. It’s helped you succeed, show up, and keep everything running.
But it’s also… exhausting.
Together, we’ll start to loosen the grip of the part of you that feels like it has to do it all, be it all, and hold it all together. Not by ripping the cape off (we’re not that aggressive here), but by understanding why it’s there in the first place.
Because once that part feels seen and supported?
It doesn’t have to work so hard.
What I Do: Therapy That Goes Beyond Talking About Your Week
We’re not just going to analyze your thoughts and call it a day.
We’ll work beyond surface-level insight, using Brainspotting and Internal Family Systems (IFS), while also considering how your brain is wired, how your body responds, and how hormonal shifts can shape what you’re experiencing.
This is work that takes the whole picture into account—your parts, your brain, your body, and the hormonal patterns that can quietly influence how everything shows up.
We’ll look at what’s happening underneath it all, including how your neurodivergent brain may process the world, and how your body and hormones are responding right alongside it.
With IFS, we get to know your different “parts”—like the inner critic, the overachiever, the overthinker, and the part of you that just wants to disappear into a blanket burrito for a while.
(Highly relatable, by the way.)
Instead of fighting these parts, we get curious about them—because they’ve all been trying to help you in some way.
With Brainspotting, we go even deeper—working with how experiences are stored in your brain and body. This isn’t about explaining everything perfectly. It’s about allowing your system to process what it hasn’t been able to… until now.
Think less “fixing yourself,” and more finally understanding yourself.
Values Exploration: Less “Should,” More “Actually Want”
Somewhere along the way, a lot of people lose track of what they actually want—because they’ve been so focused on what they’re supposed to want.
We’ll gently sort through that.
What matters to you? What feels aligned? What actually gives you energy instead of quietly draining it?
No pressure. No rush. No pop quiz at the end.
Metaphors Galore: Therapy, But Make It Click
I still love a good metaphor.
We might talk about your nervous system like a dimmer switch, your parts like an overworked team of managers, or your life like a GPS that keeps saying “recalculating.”
Because sometimes things just make more sense when we can see them differently.
Zen Vibes (With a Nervous System Twist)
Step into my space—it’s calm, grounded, and designed to feel like a deep exhale.
It’s like a Pinterest board collided with a meditation retreat. Soft lighting, soothing sounds, and an oil diffuser that doubles as a disco ball (just kidding-kind of). We’ll create a tranquil space where insights flow like a lazy river, at a pace that doesn’t expect you to have it all figured out the second you walk in.
We’re not here to push harder.
We’re here to help your system finally feel safe enough to shift.
Connection Magic: Building Bridges, Not Walls
Even the most independent, “I’ve got this” people need support.
(Yes, I’m talking to you.)
We’ll build a space where you don’t have to perform, filter, or hold everything together. Where you can show up as you are—and be met there.
Because real change doesn’t happen in isolation. It happens in connection.
So, grab your metaphorical compass (or your planner… we can work with both), and let’s navigate this together.
We’ll turn perfectionism into something more flexible, stress into something more manageable, and that constant internal pressure into something that finally… eases.
Ready to take that first step?!
Let’s get started!
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