About Dawn
Dawn Buratynski greets people who are worn down by stress, anxiety, or past trauma. She helps with self-esteem, coping with big life changes, and issues tied to family and relationships. Dawn holds a Licensed Mental Health Counselor credential and practices in New York, and she speaks English.
Dawn keeps sessions straightforward and practical. She focuses on small steps clients can use between meetings. Conversations look at how feelings and behavior are connected and aim for clearer ways to manage panic, worry, and shame.
Background and approach
She has four years of experience working with people who face trauma, abuse, pregnancy and childbirth challenges, and difficulties related to adoption and foster care. Dawn also supports those dealing with social anxiety, communication problems, and family of origin concerns. Dawn works with clients who need help with young adult issues and with parents or caregivers who want support around family stress.
She pays attention to self-regulation skills so people can better manage strong emotions and reactions. In sessions she listens first, then collaborates on a plan that fits each person. Treatment focuses on practical tools and steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Dawn aims to help people feel more in control and connected to their goals.
Approaches that guide online care
Dawn uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear skills and trauma-informed work. One approach emphasizes building self-regulation skills so clients can better manage anxiety, panic, and intense emotions; this involves practicing grounding, breathing, and step-by-step coping strategies that can be used between sessions. Another approach centers on trauma-informed processing that helps people make sense of painful memories and reduce their impact on daily life through paced, supported sessions. Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Dawn will listen to a client's history, goals, and preferences, then suggest techniques that fit. Together they review progress and adjust the plan as needed to find what feels most helpful. Online sessions give practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when being on camera is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging offer shorter check-ins and written reflection over time. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and keep continuity of care when in-person visits are not possible.Frequently asked questions
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Adoption and foster care
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English