- Anger management
- Trauma supports
- DBT skills
About Dawn
Dawn Cooperstein is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 17 years of practice based in Arizona. Dawn works with adults on anger, anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma and life transitions. She also supports people facing relationship and intimacy issues, grief, addiction concerns, career questions, and parenting stress.
Dawn uses a client-centered style informed by depth psychology and Jungian ideas. She treats emotional distress as meaningful information rather than a personal failing. Sessions focus on helping people name what they feel, notice patterns, and build practical regulation skills.
Her work addresses how trauma histories, neurodivergence, hormonal changes, and shifting family roles can combine to increase overwhelm, cognitive ups and downs, and disconnection. Dawn pays attention to how past attachment and family-of-origin experiences shape present reactions and relationships.
She draws on a mix of approaches, including dialectical behavioral strategies and EMDR-informed methods, to reduce shame and improve emotional control. The aim is to translate insights into concrete tools people can use day to day, such as grounding techniques and communication practices.
Dawn values autonomy and authenticity and challenges systems that shame or silence people. In sessions she treats clients as the experts on their lives and works collaboratively to find ways forward that fit each person's situation.
How Dawn’s approaches translate to online work
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so clients can name what matters and make choices. Online sessions using this approach tend to center on clear, practical conversation and collaborative goal-setting that fit each person’s day-to-day life.Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers concrete skills for regulating emotion, tolerating distress, and improving communication. Delivered remotely, DBT-style work can include short skill practice, tracking between sessions, and focused role-play to handle moments of anger or overwhelm.
EMDR-informed methods involve guided attention and memory processing to reduce the intensity of traumatic responses. When adapted for remote work, EMDR-informed techniques are used carefully and paced to suit how a person is managing their reactions.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Dawn will collaborate with clients to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That process may shift as progress is made and as challenges change.
Session formats are not detailed in the biography, so confirm the specific online options before booking. Many people choose remote sessions to fit therapy into a busy schedule, keep shorter check-ins during a workday, or avoid travel time. Discuss practical needs with the therapist when arranging the first meeting so sessions match everyday life.
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Experience
17+ years
Listed in
Arizona, Virginia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of anger issues are supported?
Dawn works with anger tied to relationships, workplace stress, resentment, and responses rooted in trauma or neurodivergence.
How would she describe her therapy style?
Her approach is client-centered and grounded in depth psychology and Jungian ideas. She combines practical regulation work with exploration of underlying patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Dawn has 17 years of clinical experience as an LCSW working with adults on trauma, ADHD, mood issues, and life transitions.
What credentials and location apply?
She is an LCSW licensed in Arizona and practices from that state.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available?
Session formats are not specified here; confirm the current options before booking to know whether video, phone, or other formats are offered.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location, and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the first step to begin working together?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.