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Founder of FrontLine Wellness Center (FWC)

First Responder Psychotherapist, LCPC, EMT-P

Dawn is a retired paramedic of 27 years from the Chicago Fire Department with over 30 years of experience in Fire-EMS service. She graduated with an M.A. in Counseling Psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology with a concentration in Trauma and Crisis Intervention. After graduating from TCSPP, Dawn worked under Dr. Carrie Steiner at First Responders Wellness Center in Lombard, Illinois, specializing as a First Responder therapist.

Dawn’s educational and clinical experience is C-PTSD (Complex Trauma) and PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorders). She treats distressing symptoms and issues that arise from critical incidences and unresolved traumatic experiences including combat/moral injury, childhood abuse, sexual assault, and domestic abuse/relational trauma.

Dawn's experience and education allow her to treat other overwhelming life experiences and transitions that can significantly influence or contribute to a bad day, a bad shift, or a bad year. Effects of aging, retirement, divorce, addiction, chronic pain, and disabilities are just a few life transitions and adjustments that can affect interpersonal relationships, job performance, and daily living.

Dawn’s theoretical orientation is integrative and evidence based. She incorporates TF-CBT (Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy) and MB-CBT (Mindfulness-Based cognitive behavior therapy) techniques, is trained in EMDR and is certified in telehealth therapy.

P.S.  Dawn's most meaningful accomplishment is being the proud mother of 2 amazing, beyond smart, beautiful daughters.

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Founder of FrontLine Wellness Center (FWC)

First Responder Psychotherapist, LCPC, EMT-P

Dawn is a retired paramedic of 27 years from the Chicago Fire Department with over 30 years of experience in Fire-EMS service. She graduated with an M.A. in Counseling Psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology with a concentration in Trauma and Crisis Intervention. After graduating from TCSPP, Dawn worked under Dr. Carrie Steiner at First Responders Wellness Center in Lombard, Illinois, specializing as a First Responder therapist.

Dawn’s educational and clinical experience is C-PTSD (Complex Trauma) and PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorders). She treats distressing symptoms and issues that arise from critical incidences and unresolved traumatic experiences including combat/moral injury, childhood abuse, sexual assault, and domestic abuse/relational trauma.

Dawn's experience and education allow her to treat other overwhelming life experiences and transitions that can significantly influence or contribute to a bad day, a bad shift, or a bad year. Effects of aging, retirement, divorce, addiction, chronic pain, and disabilities are just a few life transitions and adjustments that can affect interpersonal relationships, job performance, and daily living.

Dawn’s theoretical orientation is integrative and evidence based. She incorporates TF-CBT (Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy) and MB-CBT (Mindfulness-Based cognitive behavior therapy) techniques, is trained in EMDR and is certified in telehealth therapy.

P.S.  Dawn's most meaningful accomplishment is being the proud mother of 2 amazing, beyond smart, beautiful daughters.

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"The wounds we hide are often the most fatal."

The concept behind the logo is based on several realities. It represents a balance between one's mental health when confronted with traumatic experiences and events. Past and present. Not easy, but necessary for optimal health.

The yellow triangular shapes that help form the letter F represent the strategic positioning on the Frontline. The yellow triangle (fulcrum) and yellow beam represent the precise balance between the weight of distress, harsh realities, and mental health. This unique, delicate balance separates the role and expectations of the Frontline from all others.

What you don't see is the equal distribution of weight. Resilience, resources, and mental health provide that necessary balance, contributing greatly to reducing suicide statistics.

Color/Stripe Pattern

The stripes in the letter F are recognized by most as representing universal crime scene or caution/safety tape. The bright yellow color choice for the logo represents the reflective color on most public safety uniform clothing or equipment/apparatus.

The logo's overall design represents the 'Frontline' metaphorically, whether it's the yellow 'caution' tape or perhaps, more importantly, the 'line' physically crossed privy to or expected of the Frontline population. Not just a barrier that delineates danger from safety, but a sworn oath to serve and protect.