Dawn AdlerLCSW, LISW

Dawn Adler is a licensed social worker who brings six years of clinical experience to her practice in Ohio. She uses a strengths-based attitude and clear, practical guidance to help people when life feels overwhelming. Dawn focuses on listening first and then building achievable steps forward.

Dawn helps with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship concerns. She also works with people facing trauma and abuse, addiction, sleep problems, bipolar challenges, and career stress. Additional areas she addresses include attachment and abandonment concerns, body image, caregiver strain, codependency, and issues around divorce and blended families.

Her approach centers on collaboration. Dawn leans on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and change patterns. She combines that with Client-Centered work to keep the conversation grounded in each person’s needs.

She also uses mindfulness techniques to reduce reactivity and Motivational Interviewing to support behavior change. Solution-Focused Therapy helps when clients want quick, goal-directed steps to move ahead.

Dawn holds LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) and LISW (Licensed Independent Social Worker) credentials. She conducts work from an affirmative stance and is open to international clients who can schedule while she practices in Ohio. Practical tools and steady support are the hallmarks of her style.

How these approaches work in online therapy

Dawn commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy in her work. CBT looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and gives practical tools to change patterns that cause distress. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding each person's experience and building a collaborative, respectful relationship.

She may also draw on mindfulness techniques to help reduce reactivity and increase present-moment awareness. Mindfulness practices can be short exercises clients use between sessions to manage stress and improve sleep. Together, these approaches aim to combine clear skills with supportive listening.

Finding the best approach is part of the work. Dawn will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. She treats the choice of methods as a team decision and adjusts plans as progress and needs change.

Confirm which online session formats are offered before booking, because specific formats are not listed in the profile. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy day, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so clients can use therapy alongside work, caregiving, or recovery routines.