Dawn Byrne

Dawn Byrne is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor practicing in Maryland with more than 25 years of experience addressing relational, mental health, and addiction concerns. Her credentials include MD and a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor credential, issued as license LC4540, and she holds two master’s degrees - one in Counseling and one in Education.

Her clinical work spans private practice, corporate employee assistance programs (EAP), community psychiatry programs, and addiction recovery clinics. Dawn has also served as a crisis interventionist in an emergency room setting, which gives her comfort and skill in assessing and sorting complex problems quickly. In earlier roles she worked as a corporate trainer focused on coping skills, and she continues to integrate psycho-educational training into individual therapy to build practical abilities for everyday life.

Dawn’s approach is client-centered and solution-focused. She creates a safe space for clients to explore and resolve concerns, and she emphasizes practical strategies to increase satisfaction with life. Her work often concentrates on improving relational conflict at home and work, strengthening self-management and boundary-setting, and developing tools for emotional regulation and coping with anxiety.

Her specialties include 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, and compassion fatigue. Additional areas of expertise include relapse prevention, recovery skills, crisis interventions, and risk assessments. Dawn has provided counseling for more than 25 years, addiction counseling for over 20 years, crisis intervention for seven years, and corporate training for ten years.