Dawn Byrne, MD, LCPC

Dawn Byrne is an MD and a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with 25 years of experience helping people address addiction, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. She combines practical skill-teaching with a straightforward, client-centered style. She aims to help people make clear decisions and take steps that improve day-to-day life.

Her background includes work in private practice, corporate employee assistance programs, community psychiatry, and addiction recovery clinics. She has spent more than 20 years focused on addiction counseling and seven years doing crisis intervention in emergency settings. That range makes her comfortable handling both immediate problems and long-term change.

In sessions she uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy along with attachment-based ideas and client-centered conversation. She also draws on motivational interviewing and narrative techniques when those fit a person’s goals. The work often blends skill-building, problem solving, and attention to how past relationships affect current patterns.

Typical topics she addresses include substance use, relapse prevention, anxiety and panic, mood disorders, grief, caregiving stress, codependency, and communication problems. She also helps with life transitions, career concerns, and issues around intimacy and self-worth.

Her prior role as a corporate trainer informs the practical tools she offers, such as coping skills and self-management strategies. People who want clear steps, education about symptoms, and hands-on strategies for everyday situations may find this approach helpful.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Dawn uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people see and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which is useful for anxiety, panic, and mood concerns. She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships shape current patterns and to improve trust and connection in close relationships.

Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try strategies, and adjust methods as needed to match the person’s needs and preferences. Clients and the therapist decide together which combination of techniques feels most helpful.

Online therapy here is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different lifestyles. Video works well for longer sessions and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Chat and messaging suit shorter updates, coaching-style work, or moments when typing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to maintain consistent work on recovery, coping skills, and communication practice across a busy week.