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Dawn Cooperstein, LCSW

  • Experience17 years
  • LocationArizona
  • Focus areasADHD, LGBT, and Trauma and abuse
  • Therapy approachesClient-Centered Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
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About Dawn

Dawn Cooperstein, LCSW, brings 17 years of clinical social work experience to a practice that emphasizes curiosity, compassion, and depth. She frames concerns such as ADHD, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, grief, stress, relationship and intimacy issues, and life transitions as meaningful signals rather than fixed deficits.

Background and approach

Dawn draws on Jungian-informed depth psychology alongside evidence-informed techniques to help clients make sense of emotional patterns, attachment wounds, and the impacts of neurodivergence or hormonal and role transitions that can amplify overwhelm and disconnection. Her style is client-centered and collaborative, blending practical skills training with exploratory work that examines underlying narratives, shame, and identity shifts.

Dawn uses tools from dialectical behavior therapy and EMDR-informed strategies to support emotional regulation, reduce reactivity, and process trauma memories when appropriate. She values authenticity and autonomy, aiming to help people reclaim their voice, reduce self-blame, and reconnect with meaning and purpose.

Clients can expect a warm, grounded clinician who balances concrete coping strategies with deeper psychological exploration. Dawn practices in Arizona and works to tailor interventions to each person’s needs while honoring their lived experience and inner expertise.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening deeply and prioritizing the client’s perspective, creating space for individuals to explore their values and choices while building self-trust and clarity. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers practical skills for regulating emotions, tolerating distress, and improving interpersonal effectiveness, which can be especially helpful for managing intense anxiety, mood swings, or relationship conflict. EMDR-informed strategies involve targeted processing of distressing memories and the sensations that accompany them, supporting relief from trauma-related symptoms and stuck emotional patterns.

Choosing the right approach typically happens together. Dawn treats finding the best fit as a collaborative process, assessing needs, goals, and preferences and adjusting methods over time so work remains useful and aligned with what the client wants to change or understand.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it easier to connect from home or during busy schedules. These options allow for ongoing skills practice, check-ins between sessions, and different ways of communicating depending on what feels most comfortable, helping clients maintain continuity of care while fitting therapy into their everyday lives.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Dawn commonly address?
Dawn works with a broad range of issues including ADHD, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, grief, stress, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related problems, parenting challenges, career concerns, and midlife transitions.
How would you describe the therapeutic approach and style?
The practice emphasizes a client-centered, depth-informed stance that combines exploratory work with practical skills. Techniques from DBT and EMDR-informed strategies are used alongside Jungian perspectives to help clients regulate emotions and explore meaning.
What is Dawn’s professional background and experience?
She is a licensed clinical social worker with 17 years of experience applying both psychotherapeutic depth approaches and evidence-informed interventions to complex life challenges.
Where is Dawn licensed and based?
Dawn practices in Arizona and holds LCSW licensure with details VA LCSW 0904009338 and AZ LCSW LCSW-18532 as provided in her credentials.
What languages are available for sessions and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are conducted in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered for remote work?
Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different communication preferences and needs.
How is pricing handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How does someone begin working with Dawn?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

LGBTTrauma and abuseSelf esteemCoping with life changesADHD

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoachingCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDissociationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsGuilt and shameJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disordersNarcissismPersonality disordersPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPost-traumatic stressSelf-loveSexualitySomatizationWomen's issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyDialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Existential TherapyEye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Jungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

17+ years

Licensed

Arizona, Virginia

Languages

English