Edward Coyle (he/him)

For the first 20 years of my career I worked primarily with children, families and adolescents. As a result, I have extensive experience in assessing and treating child abuse of all types. As an individual adult therapist I now find that often the disruptions in development that come from abuse follow us even into old age. My approach examines the effects that may come from such experiences, but this is only one aspect of a person's life and does not define or drive treatment.

Depression is one of the most common maladies that require treatment. I am intimately acquainted with depression and its effects both as a provider and a patient. My treatment approach focuses strongly on using active cognitive and behavioral treatments as well as more supportive and person-centered methods to help clients fight their symptoms and become more resilient in the face of a chronic illness.

Men often struggle to seek out assistance because to do so violates one of the defining and limiting features of our nature. I work with individuals to fully explore and modify the often subtle beliefs that we have about ourselves and our roles that contribute to distress and discomfort.

I trained extensively in psychodynamic theory and treatment and continue to use many of the central tenets of this approach. The strengths of this approach include their focus on early shaping experiences that can often have significant effects even though they are far removed in time and awareness.

Much of my treatment focuses on assisting clients in clarifying and responding to the central existential challenges that thoughtful people tend to struggle with throughout their lives. I believe in a sensitive but reality-based approach to treatment which helps my clients integrate their experiences and discard ways of understanding themselves and the world that no longer fit their needs.

I have extensive training and experience in clinical hypnotherapy and use it and related techniques and understandings to help clients become aware of less-than-fully-conscious experiences that often are useful in bringing about change.