- Years in practice
- 4
- Registration
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Grief
About Dawn
Dawn Gigg is a therapist based in the United Kingdom who draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people facing parenting pressures and other family-related stresses. She holds the NCPS credential, which is listed as NCPS, and has around four years' experience in clinical roles across independent practice and charitable organisations.
Dawn aims to create a warm, respectful environment where people feel listened to and understood. Her day-to-day practice is collaborative and straightforward.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on understanding what is happening now and on practical steps to manage it. Dawn uses person-centred listening alongside cognitive-behavioural ideas and humanistic and psychodynamic influences to shape work that fits each person. Parents often come for help with overwhelm, behaviour concerns, or adjusting to big life changes.
She also supports people dealing with grief, trauma, mood difficulties, and relationship strains within families. Additional focus areas include attachment issues, autism and Asperger syndrome, dissociation, and problems with communication and self-worth. Dawn has experience supporting people coping with post-traumatic stress, self-harm thoughts, and dependent or avoidant personality patterns.
Her practical approach aims to reduce distress and build clearer ways of handling daily challenges. She works with individuals rather than groups. People who choose her can expect a conversational style with active listening and practical tasks between sessions.
She encourages small, achievable steps and reviews progress together as therapy continues.
What Dawn works with
Everything Dawn lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Dawn helps people with.
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Young adult issues
How evidence-based approaches translate to online therapy
Person-centred work focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. It helps people feel seen and guides conversations about what matters most in parenting and family life.Cognitive-behavioural ideas look at connections between thoughts, feelings and actions. In practice this can mean noticing unhelpful thinking patterns and trying small, practical experiments to change them, which can reduce anxiety and improve mood.
Psychodynamic and humanistic influences bring attention to patterns that repeat over time and to personal values. These approaches can help people make sense of longstanding difficulties and build clearer choices in relationships and parenting.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Dawn will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs and preferences. She adapts methods as therapy progresses and reviews what is working together.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls are useful for in-depth conversations and seeing non-verbal cues. Phone sessions can fit into a busy day or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging are helpful for short check-ins, brief problem-solving and keeping momentum between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare and other commitments.
Questions people ask about Dawn
What kinds of problems does Dawn help with?
She supports people with parenting pressures, family problems, grief, trauma and abuse, and coping with life changes. Other focus areas include mood disorders, communication difficulties, and attachment issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
The style is warm, compassionate and interactive. Sessions are collaborative and tailored to the individual's needs rather than driven by labels.
What experience does she bring?
Dawn has around four years' clinical experience working in independent practice and charitable organisations in the UK. That includes work with children and young people in earlier roles.
What credentials and location are listed?
Her credential is NCPS and she is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international work are supported?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can be delivered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are fees handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Dawn?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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