Dawn Blunt, LPC-Associate
Supervised by: Ly Tran, LPC-S
Populations Served: teens (14+), adults, couples, families
Specialties: abuse, anger management, anxiety, career issues, pre-marital counseling, marriage counseling, intimacy issues, depression, divorce/split, family counseling, grief, LGBTQ+, mindfulness, multi-cultural, parenting skills, stress management, trauma/PTSD, women’s issues
Education:
Master of Education in Counseling and Development (Lamar University)
Master of Arts in Human Relations (University of Oklahoma)
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology (Langton University)
Location: Cedar Hill, TX (in person or telehealth)
Insurance: Aetna, Cigna
Self-pay cost: $85 (individual), $105 (couple) per session
Getting to know Dawn
Dawn works with adults, couples, teens and families from diverse backgrounds that are dealing with life’s challenges. She is passionate about helping clients who are working through trauma and neglect. She understands that survivors of emotional, physical, and childhood abuse carry wounds that others cannot see. Stress management, anxiety, depression, couple’s conflict, relationships, family issues, and trauma are also her specialties. Dawn provides a supportive, open, and judgement-free zone where clients can be authentic and express themselves, so they connect, heal, and grow.
Dawn has a strengths-based counseling approach that includes attachment-based, cognitive behavioral, solution-focused, and trauma-informed practices. She will help you gain a deeper awareness into the patterns of your life that may be keeping you stuck. She uses these techniques to identify skills, build upon your strengths, and reduce negative symptoms. She empowers clients to accomplish their goals, while utilizing their strengths for change.
Dawn is a member of the BIPOC community and strives to make mental health services available to people of color.
Counseling Background
She was raised in Tulsa, OK and moved to Dallas in 2001 after graduating from Oklahoma University where she earned a Master of Human Relations. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Langton University. Dawn received Master's of Education in Counseling and Development from Lamar University and is pursuing counseling as a second career. Dawn has 25+ years of experience in government and non-profit sectors with expertise in diversity, equity, and inclusion, human resources, mediation, training, and coaching.
In her free time, Dawn enjoys spending time with her family and friends, dancing, exercising, and reading. She volunteers as an advocate for abuse survivors. She volunteers as a facilitator with an organization whose mission is to improve cross-cultural/racial communication and race relations.