About me:

Jen Dawn (she, her), LCSW

I am originally from Utah and went to undergrad in Cedar City. I moved to San Francisco and obtained my Masters of Social Welfare from UC Berkeley in 2004.  I earned licensure as a Licensed Clinical Social worker in 2009.  My career has been  a well rounded background of working with a diverse spectrum of the people from children (CPS) to older adults in crisis settings, school intervention, county mental health and private clinical practice. I have experience working with and helping people recover from depression, anxiety, PTSD, BPD, bi-polar disorder, schizophrenia and other serious mental illnesses and emotion dysregulation, as well as working with clients struggling with substance use, self-injury, suicide ideation, acute, chronic and remote trauma.

​

I love the assumptions of DBT, especially the idea that we are all doing the best we can with what we have AND we can all do better to improve our lives. In my therapy practice we do this together, as a genuine relationship between equals. My therapy practice is informed by decades of training as well as lived experience. I particularly enjoy working to improve social justice and equity in our world, both in and outside of the therapy office.

​

In my free time I am an avid rock climber snowboarder and outdoor enthusiast who travels as much as possible.