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David Tyler

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David Tyler

Tennessee

LPC counselor focused on practical wellbeing

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  • Men's wellbeing focus
  • Strengths-based
  • Collaborative approach

About David

David Tyler is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with ten years of clinical experience. He is licensed in Tennessee and brings a steady, approachable presence to sessions. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns while also addressing self-esteem, career challenges, and addiction-related issues.

David works to make sessions a place where thoughts and feelings can be shared without judgment. He emphasizes a straightforward, compassionate style and looks for each person's existing strengths to build on. He describes himself as optimistic, relaxed, and curious in his work with clients.

In practice he helps people tackle specific problems such as communication difficulties, codependency, grief, parenting strain, and intimacy-related concerns. He also supports those coping with life changes, caregiver stress, and health-related worries like cancer or aging issues. He pays attention to attachment patterns, body image, and past losses such as abandonment or adoption histories.

His methods draw from client-centered principles, cognitive behavioral ideas, narrative techniques, mindfulness, and existential perspectives. That mix is used to help people make practical changes, reframe unhelpful stories, and notice thoughts and habits that get in the way.

David works with people of all backgrounds, including those in the LGBT community, and accepts international clients. He practices in Tennessee and aims to help people move toward goals like improved coping, clearer choices, and more satisfying relationships.

Approaches that translate well to online work

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the client's priorities. It helps people feel heard and develop their own solutions to stress, relationship worries, and self-esteem issues. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches small experiments and skill practice to reduce anxiety and depressive patterns. Narrative therapy helps people separate themselves from hard stories and rethink how past events shape current choices, which can be useful for grief, attachment, and identity questions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences, try different methods, and adjust what they do based on what helps most. Clients are invited to give feedback and shape the focus of sessions as they go.

Confirm the exact session options before booking since formats are not listed in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around work or caregiving, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when days are tight. It also supports continuity when life changes make in-person visits difficult, and therapists can guide practical at-home exercises and mindfulness practices between sessions.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesSelf esteemCareer difficultiesDepression

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDependent personalityDivorce and separationDrug and alcohol addictionFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPhobiasPost-traumatic stressProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexualityWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Existential TherapyMindfulness TherapyNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

10+ years

Credentials

Tennessee, Missouri

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does he help with?

He helps with stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship issues plus self-esteem, career challenges, addictions, grief, parenting, and intimacy-related matters.

How would you describe his therapy style?

His style is compassionate and down-to-earth, using strengths clients already have and working collaboratively on practical steps forward.

What is his professional background?

He has ten years of counseling experience and describes his approach as optimistic, relaxed, and curious while staying grounded in reality.

Where is he licensed and based?

He is a Licensed Professional Counselor with licensure in Tennessee and also holds licensure in Missouri, and he practices from Tennessee.

In which languages are sessions offered?

Sessions are offered in English and he accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

Please confirm current session options before booking since the biography does not list specific session formats.

How does pricing work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with him?

Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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