- Emotionally-Focused Therapy
- ACT and CBT techniques
- Parenting and grief
About Kristy-Lee
Kristy-Lee Dawson is an ACA counsellor based in Australia with nine years of clinical experience. She works with people who are feeling stressed, anxious, grieving, or struggling with relationship and parenting concerns. She also supports those dealing with family of origin issues, adoption and foster care concerns, attachment and abandonment worries, and health-related strains.
Her style is client-centred. She listens to what matters most and helps people make small, practical changes they can use between sessions. Conversations focus on naming emotions, noticing unhelpful patterns, and trying different ways of responding to difficult moments.
Kristy-Lee draws on a range of approaches. Emotionally-Focused Therapy is one approach she uses to look at how emotions shape interactions and personal patterns. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy strategies when they suit a person's needs.
Sessions tend to be straightforward and task-focused when needed, or more exploratory when people want to work through past hurts. She aims to teach skills for managing stress, anxiety, chronic illness or caregiver strain, and improving communication and boundaries. Practical homework and simple tools are often part of the work.
Clients can expect clear explanations about why a technique is being suggested and how it might help. People who prefer a calm, direct approach to sorting problems and behaviour change often find this style useful.
How EFT and evidence-based therapies are used online
Kristy-Lee uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people notice and name emotions that drive relationship and personal patterns. EFT focuses on feelings and attachment needs, which can help when communication or closeness feels difficult.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which teaches skills for accepting strong feelings while committing to actions aligned with personal values. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques are used to identify unhelpful thoughts and try practical experiments that change behaviour.
Finding the best approach is part of the work together. The therapist and client will discuss goals, preferences and which methods suit the situation. That collaborative process helps decide when to use EFT, ACT or CBT strategies and when to combine them.
Please confirm current session formats before booking as the biography does not list specific options. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving and medical appointments. They also allow shorter check-ins, phone-only contacts when video is difficult, or sessions that avoid travel time, depending on the formats offered at booking.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
9+ years
Listed in
Australia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and parenting concerns. Other focuses include grief, family of origin issues, adoption and foster care, attachment and ageing concerns.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her approach is client-centred and practical. She uses conversations to name emotions, try different responses and teach skills to manage everyday difficulties.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Kristy-Lee has nine years of experience working with people on a range of concerns including chronic illness, caregiver stress and communication problems.
What credentials and where is she based?
She is an ACA counsellor practising in Australia.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions charged?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial 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.