Doyle DeGraw

Doyle DeGraw is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in New York and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in New Jersey with 10 years of counseling experience. He focuses on stress, anxiety, relationships, family and parenting concerns, depression, addictions, eating and self-esteem problems, and life purpose questions. Doyle describes a direct, practical communication style and aims to help people move past fear, anxiety, and doubt that limit daily life.

He uses a mix of approaches in sessions, including attachment-based work, client-centered care, cognitive behavioral strategies, and the Gottman Method for relationship work. Sessions tend to include clear feedback, practical tools, and concrete steps to try between meetings. Doyle notes that relational trauma and family of origin issues are often connected to problems like addiction or eating concerns, and he will help people look at those links.

He also addresses grief and ambiguous loss such as job loss, adult children leaving home, or a partner’s medical decline. Doyle aims to help clients develop plans to cope with these shifts and the emotions that come with them. He describes himself as straightforward and goal-focused in how he talks with people.

Work with him typically explores triggers, communication habits, control issues, forgiveness, guilt and shame, and fatherhood or men’s issues when relevant. Doyle integrates practical cognitive-behavioral techniques with relational and attachment perspectives to help clarify patterns and options.

Sessions are conducted in English and his practice is based in New Jersey. Before booking, people should confirm current session formats and scheduling steps.

How his approaches translate to online work

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current reactions. Online sessions using this approach look at patterns of closeness and distance and how those patterns show up in present relationships.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and the person’s own goals. In remote sessions this means time to talk things through while the therapist reflects back what he hears and helps people name their priorities.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets thoughts and behaviors with clear exercises. Online CBT commonly includes brief skills practice, thought records, and homework that can be reviewed between meetings to track progress.

Choosing an approach is part of the work. He will collaborate with each person to figure out which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and may combine elements from different approaches as appropriate.

Confirm current session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific online options. Practical benefits of remote sessions include fitting meetings into a busy day, shorter check-ins when time is limited, and not needing to travel to a physical office. These practicalities can make it easier to maintain regular work on stress, relationship patterns, and life purpose questions.