Dawne Velianoff, LMSW

Dawne Velianoff is a licensed social worker with 15 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, and major life changes. She uses practical conversation and coaching to create personalized plans. Dawne lists work on thoughts and everyday habits among her focuses, and she draws on a mix of behavioral and reflective methods to support change.

Her approach is person-centered and collaborative. Dawne listens first, then helps clients set clear, realistic goals. Sessions often include mindfulness exercises, motivational interviewing techniques, and cognitive-behavioral strategies to shift unhelpful patterns. She also brings in parenting skills and systems thinking when family dynamics affect the person in front of her.

Dawne’s background as an LMSW - Licensed Master Social Worker - informs a broad view of stress and coping. She pays attention to risk factors for emotional or social decline and looks for practical steps to improve daily functioning. That can mean working on sleep and eating habits, addressing substance use, or building skills for healthier communication.

People come to Dawne for many concerns including depression, anger, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, LGBTQ-related matters, career stress, ADHD, and caregiver strain. She also lists additional focus areas such as aging and geriatric issues, body image, and dissociation.

Dawne practices in Michigan and offers services in English. Prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire to start the process and schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.

How therapy approaches guide online work

Dawne often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and to clarify personal values that guide daily choices. That approach can help with anxiety, depression, and problems tied to avoidance.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. CBT gives concrete skills for changing unhelpful thinking and building better habits around sleep, eating, or routines.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. Dawne works collaboratively to figure out what fits each person’s needs, goals, and preferences. She may combine methods and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Confirm the therapist’s current session formats before booking since the profile does not list specific options. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example, it can reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins during a work break, or let someone choose audio-only when bandwidth is limited. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises like mindfulness, behavioral experiments, and motivational interviewing to remote sessions so clients can practice new habits between meetings.