Support for life’s
changing seasons
Online counselling for navigating anxiety, emotional overwhelm, boundaries, and midlife transitions — including perimenopause,
menopause
and recovery.
Evidence-Based
Therapies
Appointments that Fit
Your Schedule
From the Comfort
of Your Home
Life transitions—such as stress, recovery, caregiving, or hormonal change (including perimenopause and menopause)—can affect how we feel, cope, and function.
Hi, I'm Dawn
I'm a therapist with 35 plus years of experience across counselling, education, and coaching — and I know that reaching out takes courage.
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People often come to me when something has shifted. When the coping strategies that used to work aren't working anymore. When they're carrying more than they can hold — and wondering if this is just how life is now.
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It isn't.
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My work is grounded in evidence-based practice and guided by genuine curiosity about your story. Together we untangle what's keeping you stuck, build the skills to navigate what's hard, and create space for something steadier to take root.
Welcome to Independence Counselling
Our Approach
Connecting
The first step is to connect. We believe that the cornerstone of successful therapy is the client-therapist relationship, so it's key that we get to know you and what you're going through.
Listening
Next, it's all about listening. The critical thing to remember here is that, as your therapist, our job is to listen to hear, rather than listening to respond. We want to help you discern where you are, and where you want to go.
Helping
Here, our role is to help you make sense of your patterns, build practical skills for navigating relationships and stress, and increase your capacity to respond
rather
than react.
