Dawn Byrne, MD, LCPC
Therapist in Maryland
Dawn Byrne is a licensed clinical professional counselor with MD and LCPC credentials and more than 25 years of experience.
- Licensed inMaryland
- LicenseLC4540
- NPI 1891303756
- Experience25+ years
- LanguagesEnglish
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About Dawn
Dawn Byrne is a licensed clinical professional counselor with MD and LCPC credentials and more than 25 years of experience. She focuses on attachment-related concerns alongside addictions, anxiety, and relationship issues. Dawn combines practical skills coaching with talk therapy to help people manage stress and make changes that improve daily life.
She draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early bonds affect current relationships and emotional responses. Dawn also uses client-centered and cognitive behavioral approaches to help people notice patterns, try new behaviors, and build healthier habits.
Background and approach
Sessions often include short skills practice and concrete steps to manage intense feelings. Her background includes work in independent practice, community psychiatry, employee assistance programs, and addiction recovery clinics. Dawn also spent years providing crisis intervention in emergency settings and ran corporate training on coping skills.
Those roles shaped a steady, problem-solving style that moves at the client’s pace. People who work with Dawn can expect a focus on practical tools such as relapse prevention, boundary setting, and self-management. She helps clients talk through relationship conflict, caregiving stress, eating and substance concerns, grief, and career transitions.
The emphasis is on usable strategies that fit everyday life. Dawn offers multiple formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. She helps clients identify small, doable changes and supports steady progress over time.
Credentials
- LCPC (Maryland)
- License LC4540 · expires January 2028
- NPI
- 1891303756 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Dawn lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Coaching
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Dawn names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Attachment work and practical therapy online
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current feelings and reactions, with a focus on building more supported ways of relating. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's experience and uses empathy and listening to help people name what matters and decide on changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns and then practices new behaviors to reduce anxiety or depressive symptoms.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about needs, goals, and preferences and then use a collaborative plan. Together they can try different techniques and adjust the approach based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexible options such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed, and messaging or chat supports quick check-ins and ongoing support between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or recovery schedules while keeping the focus on progress and practical skills.
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Frequently asked
What kinds of concerns does Dawn address?
She helps with addictions, relationship and family issues, self-esteem, stress, anxiety, trauma and grief among other concerns listed in her specialties.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is client-centered and solution-focused, combining talk therapy with practical skills and coping techniques tailored to each person.
How much experience does she have?
Dawn has over 25 years of counseling experience, with about 20 years in addiction work and seven years doing crisis intervention.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is licensed as an LCPC and holds an MD credential and practices in Maryland.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Dawn?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to the therapist's availability.
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