Hi, I’m Dawn King. I’m so glad you’re here. I help stressed-out, high achieving professionals stop struggling, feel centered and find more meaning in life.
I’m particularly passionate about working with high achievers who question how they got where they are. People who feel that everything looks good on the outside, like they’ve got it all together, but on the inside, they feel like a fraud.
I’ve always had a soft spot for people who are high achievers and yet cannot seem to take in their brilliance. Because I’ve struggled with feeling this way myself at times, I have learned how to work with this belief and the feelings that come up. And although listening is a big part of that, I also found that having some tangible tools to help change behavior and unhook from the negative beliefs are equally important to help you take back control.
I use a combination of awareness practice supported by the latest research on the brain, aligning behaviors with what’s important to you all within an attitude of compassion. My unique approach goes beyond just listening, in addition to giving you a space to be heard, I will also give you practical tools for achieving what you most want out of life. After a session with me you can expect action steps to help you take the discoveries we make together and turn them into results in your daily life.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Certified Addiction Counselor (CAC) and Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT).
Specifically, I use mindfulness practices, EMDR (Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), and DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) to give you different ways of operating in the world so that you can get new and better results. Having training in different types of therapy just means that we have options and can be creative in helping you get to where you want to go.
How I Got Here
It’s been a long, winding road getting here and I’m still on the path. My journey started out in a small rural community in the south. There I saw many people struggling, including my family, with many challenging issues – one of those being addiction. This was not something that was ever talked about or addressed in my family. But out of 
that painful time grew a desire to find a different and better way to live. This started a life-long journey of healing and seeking tools for transformation and change. From this also came a desire to help others who were experiencing pain, but it would take me a while to get there.