Dawn Brumfield

Compassionate evidence-based care for complex emotional concerns

LISW Ohio

Experience: 26 years in practice
Focus areas: Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Bipolar
Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy
Languages: English

About Dawn

Dawn Brumfield is a licensed independent social worker with 26 years of clinical experience who integrates evidence-based strategies to help clients address mood and trauma-related concerns.

Background and approach

She frequently draws on cognitive behavioral techniques alongside attachment-focused work to help people identify unhelpful thoughts, improve emotion regulation, and strengthen relational patterns. Her practice emphasizes compassion and individualized care as clients face life transitions, grief, and emotional dysregulation.

Working from a client-centered stance, Dawn supports people navigating depression, anxiety, bipolar mood challenges, and trauma and abuse histories. She also addresses practical and identity-related issues such as gender dysphoria, LGBT concerns, fertility stress, career questions, and multicultural factors that influence wellbeing.

Her work includes helping with sleep and eating difficulties, self-esteem and isolation, and complex family or attachment wounds. Based in Ohio, she blends respectful listening with active therapeutic tools drawn from DBT, existential perspectives, and other approaches to meet each client's needs.

Dawn aims to help clients build coping skills, clarify life purpose, and move toward greater resilience without judgment.

Integrating therapeutic approaches for online care

Many clients benefit from clear, skills-based tools alongside exploration of relational patterns, and Dawn uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help identify and reframe unhelpful thoughts while teaching practical skills for managing anxiety, mood symptoms, and stress. Attachment-based work complements this by exploring how early relationship patterns shape current connections and emotional responses, which can be useful for addressing abandonment, family of origin issues, and communication difficulties.

She also draws on client-centered principles that prioritize the person's experience and pacing, creating space for clients to express concerns and set goals. Determining the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process; the therapist and client work together to try methods that match the client's goals, preferences, and changing needs over time.

Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and access. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, support continuity during transitions, and allow different ways of engaging with therapeutic work depending on what feels most comfortable for the client.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does Dawn commonly address?

Dawn works with concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood issues, trauma and abuse, and coping with life changes, along with related issues like sleep and eating difficulties and career questions.

What is her therapeutic style and approach?

Her practice combines cognitive behavioral strategies with attachment-based and client-centered methods, offering a blend of skill-building and relational exploration to match a client's needs.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She brings 26 years of clinical experience working with a range of mood and trauma-related concerns, using that background to inform personalized care.

Where is Dawn licensed and what are her credentials?

She is licensed in Ohio as an LISW, with the license designation OH LISW I.0009447-SUPV as provided in her profile.

Can sessions be conducted in languages other than English?

Sessions are offered in English only according to the provided information, and she is not accepting international clients at this time.

What session formats are available for working together?

Clients can work with her via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on preferences and availability.

How are costs and billing handled for therapy?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription model that may be canceled at any time.

What steps are involved to begin therapy?

To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, Anxiety Trauma and abuseBipolar disorderDepression Coping with life changes

Also works with

LGBTFamily conflictsEating disordersSleeping disordersSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesBlended family issuesCommunication problemsDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFertility issuesGender dysphoriaGuilt and shame Isolation / lonelinessLife purposeMood disordersMulticultural concernsPersonality disordersPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Existential TherapyEye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Mindfulness TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

26+ years

Licensed

Ohio

Languages

English