Dr. Dawn Schulze, LCPC, LPC

Dr. Dawn Schulze helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma, and grief. She brings 30 years of clinical experience and works with clients who want clearer direction, calmer days, and better ways to cope. Her approach emphasizes practical steps and steady support during life transitions.

Dr. Schulze practices with a collaborative, client-centered style. She listens for what matters most and then tailors sessions to each person’s needs. Conversations focus on understandable goals, small changes that build confidence, and tools to manage intense feelings.

She uses several evidence-informed approaches to guide work in therapy. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice links between thoughts and feelings. Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers skills for emotional regulation and distress tolerance. Emotionally-Focused Therapy supports exploring important relationship patterns and emotional bonds.

Over three decades she has helped people with anxiety, grief, trauma recovery, communication problems, and caregiver stress. She also addresses issues related to adoption and foster care, attachment concerns, body image, chronic illness, and life stage transitions. Sessions aim to increase coping skills and strengthen a sense of agency.

Dr. Schulze holds LCPC and LPC credentials and practices from Minnesota. Her style is warm, direct, and practical. People looking for steady guidance through difficult changes will find concrete strategies and a gradual path forward.

How her approaches translate to online work

Dr. Schulze uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors, which can reduce anxiety and improve daily functioning. She also draws from Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach skills for regulating intense emotions and tolerating distress in difficult moments. Emotionally-Focused Therapy is used when relationship patterns or attachment concerns are central, helping people name and work through key emotions.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process and is done together. The therapist will talk with clients about their goals and preferences and then recommend which methods to emphasize. That collaborative planning helps match techniques to what a person wants to accomplish.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, and offering a way to meet from different locations. Many people find that working with licensed professionals remotely lets them practice new skills between sessions and carry progress into everyday routines.