Dawn — Counsellor in Croxley Green, Hertfordshire

At a Glance

  • Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP)
  • Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling (Level 4)
  • 15 years in the NHS — 5 years as a nurse, 10 years in midwifery
  • Individual counselling · Couples counselling · Pre-marital counselling · Family counselling · Walk and Talk · EAP · Organisational referrals
  • Person-Centred counselling
  • Specialist: PMDD · Neurodivergence (ADHD and ASD) · Bereavement · Relationships
  • Face-to-face in Croxley Green, Hertfordshire · Online and telephone UK-wide · Walk and Talk (Croxley Green area)
  • Adults (18+) · Older adults · Couples · Families · EAP clients · Neurodivergent clients
  • Individual £65 · Walk and Talk £65 · Couples £85 · Pre-marital £85 · Family £85
  • Monday to Friday — daytime and evenings
  • Free 15-minute consultation — no commitment, no pressure

 

Counsellor in Croxley Green — About Dawn

Dawn came to counselling having spent 15 years in the NHS — five as a nurse and ten in midwifery. She has accompanied people through some of the most significant moments of their lives: birth, loss, grief, and the particular emotional weight that working in healthcare carries. That experience is not a footnote to her counselling practice. It is its foundation.

 

Dawn is a qualified Person-Centred counsellor based in Croxley Green, Hertfordshire, offering face-to-face sessions locally, Walk and Talk sessions in the Croxley Green area, and online and telephone counselling across the UK. She holds a Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling (Level 4) and is a Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP). She works with individual adults, couples, and families, and has particular depth in PMDD, neurodivergence (ADHD and ASD), bereavement, and relationship challenges. Counsellor Croxley Green Hertfordshire. Person-Centred counsellor Watford.

 

Background & Experience

Dawn’s 15 years in the NHS gave her a direct, sustained understanding of how physical and emotional wellbeing intersect, and of the particular pressures that significant life transitions place on individuals and families. Her nursing background spans acute care; her decade in midwifery brought her into sustained contact with birth, loss, pregnancy-related mental health, and the emotional complexity that surrounds one of life’s most significant experiences.

 

Beyond her NHS work, Dawn has experience in a university setting providing mental health support and mentoring — working with young adults navigating the pressures of academic and personal life. She also spent three years working in a hospice, supporting people and families through terminal illness, end of life, and bereavement. This breadth of setting — acute care, midwifery, higher education, and hospice work — gives her clinical depth across a wide range of presentations that most counsellors in private practice have not encountered directly.

 

Dawn maintains regular professional supervision and is committed to ongoing professional development in line with BACP standards.

 

PMDD — Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder

Dawn has particular experience supporting clients with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) — a severe, cyclical condition in which hormonal changes in the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle trigger significant psychological and physical symptoms. These can include severe anxiety and low mood, intense anger, dissociation, and in some cases a profound disruption to the sense of self that can persist beyond the cycle itself.

 

PMDD is frequently misunderstood or minimised, and many people with PMDD have spent years feeling that their experiences are not taken seriously. Dawn’s experience in this area gives her a grounded understanding of PMDD’s cyclical nature, its impact on relationships, work, and identity, and the kind of person-centred support that is genuinely useful. PMDD counsellor Hertfordshire. PMDD counselling Croxley Green. Premenstrual dysphoric disorder counselling online UK.

 

Neurodivergent-Affirming Counselling — ADHD and ASD

Dawn has clinical experience and CPD training in supporting neurodivergent adults, with particular experience working with ADHD and ASD (Autistic Spectrum Disorder). Her person-centred approach adapts genuinely to different communication styles, processing preferences, and ways of engaging with the therapeutic relationship — not as a surface adjustment but as a structurally informed way of working.

 

She works with adults navigating the emotional and relational dimensions of neurodivergent experience — including late diagnosis, the impact of masking, anxiety related to neurodivergent processing, and the specific ways that self-esteem, relationships, and identity are shaped by neurodivergent experience. ADHD counsellor Hertfordshire. Autism counsellor Croxley Green. Neurodivergent counsellor Watford. ASD counsellor Hertfordshire and online.

 

Couples Counselling and Relationship Support

Dawn works with couples and individuals on relationship challenges — exploring communication patterns, trust, intimacy, and the particular difficulties that arise when a relationship is under strain. Her couples counselling covers a broad range of presentations including communication breakdown, trust issues, and the aftermath of infidelity. She also offers pre-marital counselling for couples preparing for marriage, and family counselling for families navigating conflict, parent-child relationship difficulties, and significant transitions.

 

Dawn’s person-centred approach to couples and family work means that sessions are led by what is most useful for the people in the room — not by a predetermined model or framework. Couples counsellor Croxley Green. Couples counselling Watford and Hertfordshire. Pre-marital counselling Hertfordshire. Family counselling Croxley Green and online. Relationship counsellor Croxley Green.

 

Walk and Talk Therapy

Dawn offers Walk and Talk therapy in the Croxley Green area — counselling that takes place while walking in the natural environment, rather than in an indoor setting. Walk and Talk can be particularly useful for people who find the traditional counselling room difficult, for those who benefit from movement and the outdoors as part of their therapeutic process, or for those who simply prefer to talk while in motion. Walk and Talk counsellor Croxley Green. Walk and Talk therapy Hertfordshire. Outdoor therapy Croxley Green and Watford.

 

Further Areas of Focus

Dawn offers face-to-face counselling in Croxley Green and online and telephone counselling across the UK. Alongside her specialist areas, she works with a wide range of emotional and psychological difficulties.

 

Anxiety and stress

Anxiety counselling in Croxley Green and online with Dawn — working with generalised anxiety, health anxiety, social anxiety, panic attacks, and work-related stress. Anxiety counsellor Croxley Green and Watford. Stress counselling Hertfordshire.

 

Bereavement and loss

Bereavement counselling in Croxley Green and online — drawing on Dawn’s three years of hospice experience and her sustained work with grief and loss across multiple settings. Bereavement counsellor Hertfordshire.

 

Depression

Depression counselling in Croxley Green and online with Dawn — working gently alongside persistent low mood without judgment and without pressure. Depression counsellor Croxley Green and Hertfordshire.

 

Anger management and self-esteem

Anger management counselling in Croxley Green and online. Self-esteem counselling and self-confidence counselling in Croxley Green and online with Dawn. Self-esteem counsellor Hertfordshire.

 

Trauma

Trauma counselling in Croxley Green and online with Dawn — working carefully at your own pace with experiences that have left a lasting mark. Trauma counsellor Hertfordshire and online UK.

 

Sessions with Dawn

Dawn is based in Croxley Green, Hertfordshire, offering face-to-face sessions locally, Walk and Talk sessions in the Croxley Green area (subject to availability), and online and telephone sessions to adults, couples, and families across the UK. Sessions are available Monday to Friday during the day and in the evenings.

 

Dawn works with individual clients, couples, and families on a private basis and also supports those referred through EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) arrangements and one-off organisational referrals. As part of Hope Therapy’s team of 90+ qualified counsellors, she is matched to clients where there is a strong therapeutic fit.

 

Sessions are 50 minutes. Sessions are confidential. There are limited circumstances in which this may need to change — for example, if there is a serious risk of harm to you or others. Dawn will explain these clearly before any work begins.

 

Location — Croxley Green, Hertfordshire

Dawn is based in Croxley Green, Hertfordshire — a village between Watford and Rickmansworth in the Three Rivers district, with Metropolitan Line connections to central London and easy access via the A412. She offers face-to-face sessions locally and online and telephone sessions to anyone across the UK. The following gives you a sense of how long it typically takes to travel to Croxley Green.

 

Rickmansworth 10 mins
Abbots Langley 15 mins
Bushey 15 mins
Chorleywood 15 mins
Kings Langley 15 mins
Northwood 15 mins
Watford 15 mins
Hemel Hempstead 15 mins
Harrow 20 mins
Uxbridge 20 mins

 

Journey times show how long it takes to reach Croxley Green by the fastest available transport. Online and telephone counselling is available to anyone across the UK.

 

Dawn’s Croxley Green practice draws clients from across Hertfordshire and the surrounding area — including Watford, Rickmansworth, and Chorleywood locally — and from anywhere in the UK for online counselling, PMDD support, and neurodivergent-affirming counselling.

 

Fees

  • Individual counselling: £65 per session
  • Walk and Talk: £65 per session
  • Couples counselling: £85 per session
  • Pre-marital counselling: £85 per session
  • Family counselling: £85 per session

 

Counselling in Croxley Green and online with Hope Therapy starts from £65 — significantly more accessible than many comparable private practices in Hertfordshire.

 

Book a Free Consultation

Whether you are an individual, a couple, or a family looking for counselling in Croxley Green or Hertfordshire, or would like to access PMDD, neurodivergent, or Walk and Talk counselling from anywhere in the UK, a free 15-minute consultation is a good place to start. There is no commitment and no pressure.

 

Hope Therapy’s team is also available by phone 24 hours a day if you would prefer to speak to someone before booking.

 

Book your free consultation: https://calendly.com/hopetherapy/15-minute-consultation

 

 

More Info

 

Qualifications Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling (Level 4)
Professional membership Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP)
NCPS Hope Therapy & Counselling Services is an Organisational Member of the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS)
Background 15 years NHS — 5 years nursing, 10 years midwifery 3 years hospice counselling University mental health support and mentoring
Services Individual counselling · Couples counselling · Pre-marital counselling · Family counselling · Walk and Talk · EAP · Organisational referrals
Therapeutic approach Person-Centred counselling
Session format Face-to-face (Croxley Green) · Walk and Talk (Croxley Green area) · Online · Telephone
Session length 50 minutes
Availability Monday to Friday — daytime and evenings · Walk and Talk subject to availability
Fee Individual £65 · Walk and Talk £65 · Couples £85 · Pre-marital £85 · Family £85
Venue Croxley Green, Hertfordshire
Languages English
Last reviewed April 2026
Booking https://calendly.com/hopetherapy/15-minute-consultation

 

 

Further Areas Dawn Works With

 

  • Listing ID: 252
  • Type of Support: Counselling
  • Types of Counselling: Adults (18+), Marriage or Couples Counselling, LGBTQ+ Support, Neurodiversity e.g.ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia etc
  • Type of Session: In Person, Online (Via Zoom & Skype), Phone
  • Availability: Daytime, Evening
Contact details

Croxley GreenBuckinghamshire,England,UK,WD3 07379538411 contact@hopefulminds.co.uk https://calendly.com/hopetherapy/15-minute-consultation

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