Qualified Counsellor, Chippenham

Hello, I'm Dawn

My work is rooted in a fascination with people - their stories, their emotions, and the way the mind and body hold both struggle and strength.  Back in 2000 I began my helping career as an holistic complimentary therapy therapist, where I discovered the power of being truly heard and the deep impact of compassionate, confidential space through being able to provide this to my clients. Over time, this grew into more of a calling: to understand the whole person, not just the surface.

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That earlier part of my journey led me to begin my own counselling training in 2012, blending years of personal learning, lived experience, and curiosity about what helps us heal.  Although this part of my journey initially began with my counselling training, it has naturally evolved over the years down a more spiritual route as I became more drawn to understanding the soul and its whisperings. Hence my medicine woman training that was heavily based around shamanic practices.  This particular training grew my love of understanding ourselves at a deeper soul level and being able to connect with that inner wisdom and was amazed at how we can use that as a powerful inner resource.  And I realised along the way that my intuition (that had been largely ignored for many years) was thankfully coming back online and this too now forms much of the way that I work.  In more recent years my evolving has incorporated working with sound as I find it fascinating how it works on a deep cellular level - and to be honest, this feeds the "geeky" part of me that just loves to understand the "why" of things!

So today, my woven way of working combines integrative psycho-spiritual therapeutic counselling with therapeutic shamanism (where appropriate) to enable self-exploration, alongside Rahanni Celestial Healing and sound baths/sound healing for clearing and balancing energy work. My work is especially shaped by a trauma-informed lens and always honouring how your body and mind communicate, protect, and guide you.  They are always communicating valuable information to us - but somewhere along the way we have forgotten/unlearnt how to listen in to that.  If you feel called to work with me in any way to remember these ways, then do please get in touch.

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As a mum, a nanny, a partner and a fur-baby mum moving towards the very early Autumn years of my life, and with varied life experiences that have shaped me, I like to feel I am not just relatable but that I can bring the "humanness" to our work and not just as a counsellor/healer/space holder.  Because at the end of the day, we are two people with a desire to move towards being the best and most authentic version of ourselves that we can be in this lifetime.

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On a practical note, I support adults (18+) from my quiet, purpose-built cabin in central Chippenham, offering short-term or longer-term counselling depending on what you need.