About Dawn
Dr. Dawn Schulze is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) and licensed professional counselor (LPC) with 30 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, and coaching for life transitions.
She helps clients untangle relationship patterns and strong emotions that are hard to name. Sessions focus on practical steps to manage overwhelming feelings and improve communication. She also addresses issues like abandonment, attachment concerns, body image, chronic illness, caregiver strain, and divorce or separation.
Her approach blends emotionally focused methods with cognitive behavioral techniques and trauma-focused strategies. She uses DBT skills and solution-focused tools when they fit a person’s needs. That mix lets her shift between emotion work and skills training in a single session.
In conversation she aims to clarify what feels most urgent and what can change in small steps. Clients can expect direct, readable feedback and hands-on strategies for stress and coping. She works with people who want to stop repeating painful patterns and build steadier ways of relating.
Dr. Schulze also supports people dealing with adoption and foster care history, blended family strain, codependency, dissociation, and caregiver issues. Her practice is grounded in many years of experience helping people sort practical problems and deeper emotional pain.
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients. Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, use the site button to complete a short questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How her approaches translate to online work
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and shift the strong emotions and interaction patterns that keep problems repeating. EFT focuses on naming feelings, tracing how they shape reactions, and practicing new ways of responding in the moment. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep stress and anxiety active and offers clear, practical techniques to change them. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) contributes skills for managing intense emotions, tolerating distress, and improving interpersonal effectiveness.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Dr. Schulze will collaborate with each person to decide whether more emotion-focused sessions, skills training, or trauma-focused work best fits their goals. That choice can shift over time as needs change and progress is made.
The original biography does not specify which online session formats are offered, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Therapists often use video when visual cues matter, and phone sessions when bandwidth or a quieter setup is preferred. Practical flexibility helps integrate therapy into everyday life without changing clinical aims.
Areas of expertise
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Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
30+ years
Listed in
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Arizona, Kansas, South Dakota, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, and coaching for life transitions. Additional focus areas include attachment, abandonment, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and family of origin issues.
What is her therapeutic style?
She combines emotionally focused work with practical skills. Sessions mix emotion-focused exploration, cognitive behavioral techniques, and solution-focused strategies.
How much experience does she have?
She has 30 years of clinical experience working with adults on relationship patterns, trauma recovery, and stress management.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds LCPC and LPC credentials and is based in Minnesota with the credential listings KS LCPC and AZ LPC reflected in her record.
Which languages and international work are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Click the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.