- Years in practice
- 15
- Credentials
- LMSW
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Anger management
About Dawne
Dawne Velianoff is a licensed master social worker with 15 years of experience helping people navigate stress, relationship problems, and parenting challenges. She practices in Michigan and offers sessions in English. Dawne combines practical coaching with behavioral health work to help people set clear goals and make steady changes.
She meets each person where they are and builds a person-centered plan together. Sessions focus on everyday skills such as communication, parenting strategies, and coping tools for anxiety or depression.
Background and approach
Dawne uses straightforward techniques so clients can try small changes between sessions. Her background includes work across life stages and with a wide range of concerns, including grief, addiction, trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, and career transitions. She also supports people dealing with body image, sleep or eating issues, and ADHD-related struggles.
This range informs a flexible approach tailored to the concern at hand. Dawne draws on methods like cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment approaches, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. She blends these to match each person's goals rather than applying one fixed method.
That makes sessions practical and focused on what the client wants to change. People who choose her often want direct tools, a coaching element, and help applying strategies at home or work. She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so parents and busy adults can fit therapy into their schedules.
Getting started begins with a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session.
What Dawne works with
Everything Dawne lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Dawne helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Dawne lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take small committed steps toward those values. It suits people facing anxiety, stress, or life transitions who want practical action tied to their goals.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and changing behaviors to reduce symptoms. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating issues, and many everyday problems where behavior and thought patterns are linked.
Mindfulness practices are used to build present-moment awareness and emotional regulation. Mindfulness can help with stress, anger, compulsive behaviors, and improving focus when ADHD is a concern.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, preferences, and life demands. Sessions can shift emphasis over time as needs change, blending coaching and therapy to keep work practical and goal-oriented.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is helpful for deeper conversations and guided exercises. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Chat and messaging offer quick support between appointments and a flexible way to touch base during busy days. These options make it easier to fit consistent work into a parenting or work schedule.
Questions people ask about Dawne
What concerns does Dawne commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and parenting challenges, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, and a wide range of related issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is practical and collaborative, combining coaching with therapy and focusing on tools you can use between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has 15 years of experience providing behavioral health and life coach services across varied concerns and life stages.
Where does she practice and what is her credential?
She is based in Michigan and holds the credential LMSW, which stands for Licensed Master Social Worker.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session according to therapist availability.
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