Dawn Shanklin

Dawn Shanklin is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in Maryland and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Massachusetts with 11 years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, compassion fatigue, and life changes. Dawn also addresses communication problems, isolation and loneliness, questions about life purpose, money and financial worries, social anxiety, and workplace issues.

Dawn uses straightforward, person-focused methods in sessions. She listens to what matters most and helps clients develop steps they can try between meetings. She draws on client-centered ideas to follow each person’s concerns and on cognitive behavioral techniques to notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.

Sessions are practical and paced to the client. Conversations often include planning, experimenting with small changes, and checking what worked. She aims to make coping feel more manageable rather than offering quick fixes.

Dawn’s background spans community and clinical settings over more than a decade. That experience informs how she helps people handle workplace stress, recover from burnout, and adjust after major life transitions. Clients can expect a focus on clear skills and concrete strategies.

To begin, readers are invited to use the site’s matching steps to schedule a first meeting. The subscription model for sessions can be canceled at any time, and session fees vary by location. Confirm current session options before booking to ensure they fit your schedule.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and following what matters to the client. In practice this means sessions start with your concerns and priorities, and the therapist helps you explore options without pushing a single agenda.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) emphasizes spotting thought and behavior patterns that keep problems going. Online sessions can include setting short experiments, practicing new responses, and reviewing how those experiments felt and what changed.

Picking the right approach is part of the work together. Dawn will collaborate with clients to decide whether to lean more on client-centered methods, CBT, or a mix based on current goals and what feels most useful in session.

Confirm current session options before booking since formats are not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also makes it possible to keep momentum between sessions by using digital tools and homework that support practical changes.