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Virtual Therapy In Ontario, In Person Therapy in Hamilton, Oakville & London

Kelly Byrne

Kelly Byrne

Student Intern, MACP Candidate Registered Psychotherapist, Qualifying

Kelly brings a warm, grounded presence shaped by more than 30 years of teaching, mentoring, and supporting individuals and families. She understands that healing requires compassion, and she creates an atmosphere where clients can show up exactly as they are without pressure, judgment, or expectation.

Kelly approaches therapy as a shared collaborative process rooted in compassion, curiosity, and steady support. She understands that every client’s story is unique, and she works to create a space where individuals feel genuinely empowered to explore their needs, values, and relational patterns. Whether you’re feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure of your next steps, Kelly helps you reconnect with your strengths and develop new, more flexible ways of relating to your thoughts and emotions. Her work is grounded in the science of neuroplasticity, which is the brain’s natural capacity to change and heal. She weaves mindfulness throughout her sessions to help clients build awareness, self-compassion, and emotional resilience in practical, meaningful ways.

Approach & Orientations:

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Attachment-based
  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
  • Compassion Focused
  • Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)
  • Experiential Therapy
  • Gestalt Therapy
  • Humanistic
  • Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Relational Therapy
  • Solutions Focused Brief (SFBT)
  • Somatic Therapy
  • Strength-based
  • Trauma Focused

Specialities:

  • Addiction
  • ADHD
  • Alcohol Use
  • Anxiety
  • Child
  • Chronic Illness
  • Codependency
  • Depression
  • Divorce
  • Dissociative Disorders (DID)
  • Education and Learning Disabilities
  • Elderly Persons Disorders
  • Grief
  • Impulse Control Disorders
  • Life Transitions
  • Mood Disorders
  • Personality Disorders
  • Psychosis
  • Relationship Issues
  • Substance Use
  • Thinking Disorders
  • Women’s Issues

Supports

  • Psychotherapy Hamilton Children
  • Affordable Therapy Hamilton, Autism Hamilton, Trauma therapy Hamilton Teens
  • Emotion Focused Therapy Adults
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Families

Credentials:

  • English and History Bachelor of Arts University of Guelph
  • Graduate Diploma of Education, University of Western Sydney
  • Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology- Yorkville University (expected 2026)
  • Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) – College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO)
  • Ontario College of Teachers 1998 – Present
  • Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association 1997 – Present
  • Student Member, Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association 2025
  • ASIST Training (HWCDSB) – 2019
  • CBT Fundamentals – Clinical Behaviour Sciences Program McMaster University
Therapist Location Fees & Session Cost
Hamilton & Online $120 per session-sliding scale available

Favourite Quotes

“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”

– Viktor Frankl

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