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- Stress and anxiety
- Addiction recovery
- Trauma focused care
About Dawn
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Oregon with 13 years of clinical experience, Dawn Ogle helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, and anger. She also focuses on communication problems, co-morbidity, guilt and shame, polyamory and non-monogamous relationship concerns, self-love, and women's issues. Dawn offers straightforward, person-focused therapy grounded in client-centered and trauma-focused approaches.
Dawn draws on long experience in recovery work, victims' services, and dual-diagnosis settings. She has taught psychology at Rogue Community College and Southern Oregon University, which informs her clear explanations and practical teaching style in sessions. Clients can expect direct conversation about what is and isn’t working, and a focus on skills they can use day to day.
In session she listens to the immediate problem and looks for patterns that keep it going. That includes family of origin dynamics, shame cycles, and how substance use or other coping strategies interact with mood and behavior. She works with people on concrete steps toward change rather than abstract statements about progress.
Dawn aims to help people reduce distress and build small routines that increase moments of satisfaction. She talks through boundaries, communication skills, and relapse prevention in plain language. She also addresses parenting concerns with an eye toward practical strategies families can try between sessions.
Outside of clinical work she spends time camping, crafting, playing Native American drums and singing, rock hounding, tending house plants, and stargazing. Her personal interests often inform how she frames examples and homework in therapy.
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How her approaches guide online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a therapeutic relationship shaped by the client's priorities. In practice this means the therapist follows the client's lead, reflects understanding, and helps organize the client's own goals into manageable steps. Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on identifying the effects of past harm and teaching skills to reduce its impact on daily life. This approach targets trauma-related symptoms and the behaviors that maintain them.Deciding which approach to use is collaborative. The therapist will talk with the client about needs, goals, and preferences, then recommend one or a combination of approaches. Over early sessions the plan can be adjusted based on what helps most.
The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, reduce travel time, and let people use quieter surroundings or lower-bandwidth options. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, homework, and relapse-prevention planning to remote sessions so progress continues between visits.
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Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
13+ years
Listed in
Oregon
Languages
English
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Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, and anger. Additional focus areas include communication problems, guilt and shame, polyamory and non-monogamous relationship issues, self-love, and women's issues.
What therapy approaches does she use?
She uses Client-Centered Therapy and Trauma-Focused Therapy. Sessions emphasize listening, practical skills, and trauma-informed strategies when relevant.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 13 years of clinical experience. That background includes recovery work, victims' services, and dual-diagnosis settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LPC in Oregon. The LPC credential is listed exactly as provided.
Which languages are used in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats. Confirm current session options before booking to know whether phone or video sessions are offered.
How are sessions billed and what does cost look like?
Cost varies with location. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session. That sequence starts the intake and scheduling process.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the urgent help numbers.