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LPC, LMHC

Dawn Shelley Wann, LPC, LMHC

  • Experience14 years
  • LocationMissouri
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Relationship, and Trauma and abuse
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
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About Dawn

Dawn Shelley Wann is a licensed counselor who centers therapeutic work on Internal Family Systems alongside complementary evidence-informed methods. She brings 14 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, parenting challenges, anger, and self-esteem struggles.

Background and approach

Her approach treats clients as the experts of their own stories while offering structure and skills where needed. In sessions she blends parts-focused work with practical strategies drawn from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to address mood differences, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue.

Dawn also attends to a broad set of focus areas such as ADHD, bipolar mood issues, attachment and communication problems, body image, and questions around commitment and control. She works from Missouri as an LPC and LMHC and offers multiple online formats to fit different needs.

Parts Work and Practical Skills Through Online Therapy

Internal Family Systems focuses on identifying and relating to the distinct parts or subpersonalities inside someone, helping those parts feel heard and integrated so people can respond more calmly to stress, trauma, and relational conflicts. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy supports clients in clarifying personal values and taking committed action while learning to accept difficult thoughts or feelings, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the collaborative process. Dawn works with each person to determine whether parts-focused exploration, values-oriented ACT work, or skill-based CBT/DBT strategies are the best fit for current goals and life circumstances, and she adjusts methods as needs evolve.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and accessibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care, try short check-ins or longer sessions, and choose whatever communication style supports steady progress.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?
Dawn works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, parenting and relationship challenges, anger, self-esteem, bipolar spectrum concerns, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
Which therapeutic approaches does she use in sessions?
Her work incorporates Internal Family Systems alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered approaches, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to blend parts-focused exploration with skills and values-based change.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 14 years of experience working with clients across a variety of emotional and behavioral concerns.
Where is she licensed and based?
She practices from Missouri and holds the credentials LPC and LMHC with the listed license details MO LPC 2016028193 and WA LMHC LH61442916.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages or for international clients?
She offers services in English and is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available online?
Clients can meet through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what fits their needs and schedule.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseGriefDepression

Also works with

Family conflictsIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily problemsFatherhood issuesGuilt and shameImpulsivityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMood disordersNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Jungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

14+ years

Licensed

Missouri, Washington

Languages

English