Profile / United States
Dawn Byrne, LCPC
Maryland
LCPC - Addictions and Relationship work
See online therapy options- Addictions recovery skills
- Coping and stress tools
- Relationship communication
About Dawn
Dawn Byrne is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in Maryland with 25 years of clinical experience. She focuses on addictions, relationship and family concerns, self-esteem, stress, anxiety, trauma and related issues. Her work emphasizes practical skills for everyday problems and clearer decision making.
She trained in counseling and education and has worked across settings. These include private practice, employee assistance programs, community psychiatry, and addiction recovery clinics. She also served as a crisis interventionist in an emergency room, so she is used to sorting complex problems quickly.
Earlier in her career she was a corporate trainer teaching coping skills. That background shapes how she shares psycho-education in sessions. Clients can expect concrete tools for self-management, relapse prevention, and handling stressful situations at work or home.
Her therapeutic style is client-centered and solution-focused. She listens for practical changes people want and teaches steps to reach them. Sessions often involve learning coping techniques, practicing communication skills, and addressing patterns that keep problems repeating.
Specific areas she helps with include managing anxiety and panic, addictive behaviors, grief, relationship conflict, and career stress. She also assists with attachment concerns, codependency, and caregiver stress. Her approach blends skill teaching with discussion to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing different behaviors. It helps with anxiety, panic, low mood, and patterns that feed addictive behaviors by teaching simple steps to change thinking and action.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at relationship patterns formed early in life and how they play out now. It helps people understand emotional responses, improve communication, and reduce repeated conflict in close relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then suggest which methods to try first. That choice is collaborative and can change as goals shift.
Confirm session formats before booking because the biography does not list specific online options. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a weekday break, handle brief check-ins without travel, or use video when practical for role-plays and skill practice. These practical benefits help people apply new skills between sessions and keep therapy connected to everyday life.
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Experience
25+ years
Listed in
Maryland
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
She works with addictions, relationship and family concerns, self-esteem, stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, eating issues, anger, career stresses, and related problems.
How does she use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to notice unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors. It is applied alongside skills training to reduce anxiety and manage mood or addictive behaviors.
What experience does she bring?
She has 25 years of counseling experience, over 20 years in addiction work, seven years doing crisis intervention, and a decade as a corporate trainer teaching coping skills.
What are her credentials and location?
She is an LCPC (Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor) in Maryland and practices there.
What languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions billed?
Cost varies with location; sessions operate through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe, use the crisis numbers.