- Years in practice
- 10
- Credentials
- LMHC, LPC
- Licensed in
- New York, New Jersey
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Doyle
Doyle DeGraw is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in New Jersey. He brings ten years of counseling experience and many decades of pastoral work to sessions. Doyle focuses on helping people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, relationships, parenting concerns, and addictive or eating-related issues.
He uses a straightforward, direct communication style. Sessions often include practical tools and steps to reduce anxiety and improve communication.
Background and approach
Doyle combines a person-centered stance with cognitive-behavioral techniques to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try new behaviors. Doyle pays close attention to family of origin and attachment issues. He can help people look at how past relationships affect current struggles.
Conversations may include exploring triggers, improving boundaries, and repairing patterns that damage connection. For relationship concerns he draws on elements of the Gottman Method to focus on communication, trust, and repairing conflicts. Parenting topics are addressed by helping parents manage stress, set clear limits, and balance self-care with caregiving demands.
Sessions can move between supportive reflection and skills practice. Doyle aims to offer tools people can use between sessions so progress carries into daily life. He describes himself as direct but compassionate, helping clients build practical plans for change.
What Doyle works with
Everything Doyle lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Doyle helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- Eating disorders
- Self esteem
- Attachment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Doyle lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current feelings and reactions. Online sessions can help people notice attachment patterns, understand triggers, and practice new ways of relating with partners or children. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, targets thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. In teletherapy CBT often involves setting small experiments, tracking moods, and practicing different responses between sessions to reduce anxiety and manage panic symptoms.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Doyle will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then suggest ways to combine methods. That collaborative plan can change over time as needs evolve and progress is seen.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use face-to-face interaction for deeper conversations. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a camera feels like too much. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework support, and keeping momentum between longer sessions. These options help people fit counseling into busy days and maintain continuity while working on relationships, parenting, and stress management.
Questions people ask about Doyle
What concerns does Doyle help with?
Doyle works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting questions, addictions, eating and self-esteem concerns, plus related issues such as attachment and communication problems.
How would you describe his therapeutic style?
He uses a direct, straightforward style paired with empathy. Sessions mix supportive conversation with practical steps and skills to try between meetings.
What is his background and experience?
He holds LMHC and LPC credentials and has ten years of licensed counseling experience along with an extended background in pastoral work.
Where is Doyle licensed and located?
Doyle is a New York Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and a New Jersey Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and practices in New Jersey.
Which languages are offered and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
He meets with people via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with him?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a session according to therapist availability.
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