Dawn Lucous, LCSW, LICSW

Dawn Lucous is a licensed clinical social worker with 20 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. She holds LCSW and LICSW credentials and practices in Ohio. Dawn focuses on clear, practical help so people can feel steadier in daily life.

She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside acceptance-based and mindfulness strategies to address unhelpful thoughts and build new habits. Sessions are straightforward and goal-oriented, with tools that can be used between meetings. Dawn also brings client-centered listening to make sure each person feels heard.

Many people see her for grief, caregiver strain, chronic illness, or shifting life roles. She helps with family problems, communication struggles, anger, and issues around self-esteem and body image. Dawn also supports those facing end-of-life concerns, cancer, and fertility or hospice-related stress.

Her style is collaborative and calm. She works to break problems into manageable steps. That can mean practicing mindful breathing, testing a new way of thinking, or planning actions that match personal values.

Dawn combines practical coaching with emotional support. She helps people set realistic goals and build resilience. The work is paced to the person, not pushed through a preset checklist.

How CBT and Acceptance Work Online

CBT helps people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. In short sessions clients practice new ways of thinking and try small behavioral experiments between meetings to see what helps. ACT - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - emphasizes noticing difficult thoughts without getting stuck and choosing actions that match personal values. It often helps when people feel stuck or overwhelmed by emotions.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. Dawn will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide whether CBT, ACT, or a client-centered conversational style fits best, and that plan can shift as progress is made.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper work and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter voice-only check-in is needed. Live chat and text are helpful for shorter updates, skill practice, or when scheduling is tight. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into workdays, caregiving schedules, or medical routines.