Robert Dawson, BACP

Robert Dawson is a BACP-registered counsellor who brings eight years of professional experience supporting adults and young people from diverse backgrounds. His work grew from academic study in human rights, and he is particularly committed to supporting people who feel different, marginalised, or left behind. He approaches each person as unique and adapts his practice to meet individual needs, ensuring clients feel heard, seen, and respected.

Robert describes his practice as collaborative, placing the therapeutic relationship at the centre of progress. He offers a warm, softly spoken presence and is noted for patience and sensitivity. He also shares lived experience of stammering, which he says informs his empathic approach and interest in working with people who experience disability or communication differences. This lived experience contributes to his focus on improved communication as a route to better wellbeing.

He works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, grief, trauma, anger, addictions, relationship and family issues, parenting, career and work-related difficulties, and LGBT-related matters. He also has experience supporting people with attachment and abandonment issues, autism and Asperger syndrome, body image, caregiver stress, and other complex challenges. Robert follows ethical professional standards and tailors his methods to each client, combining client-centred values with integrative practice to help people explore their thoughts, feelings, and behaviour and move toward their goals.