Dawn T Dominguez, LMFT

What Is My Counseling Philosophy? I believe we are all individuals on the journey to authenticity, which is why I’m not as interested in the idea of “feeling better” as much as I’m interested in helping people become their most authentic selves. I hear people wish for a “happy life,” but I believe life is not always “happy.” What most of us really need and want is “connection” in all of our experiences! We want connection in our happiness and sadness—in our pain and joy and grief. My goal is to help clients identify underlying issues and uncover deeper emotions so we can understand those forces and navigate them better in daily life. It is my goal to help clients create a bridge to help them learn to listen to understand rather than listen to respond helping them connect on a new level. Neal Donald Walsh said, “Perfect love is to feeling what perfect white is to color. Many think that white is the absence of color. It is not. It is the inclusion of all color. White is every color that exists, combined. So, too, is love not the absence of an emotion (hatred, anger, lust, jealousy, covetousness), but the summation of all feeling. It is the sum total. The aggregate amount. The everything!” I believe healing is exactly this. When we move into acceptance, we find peace!