- Attachment informed
- Practical coping skills
- Relationship focus
About Edward
Edward Breedlove is a licensed professional counselor in Tennessee. He brings six years of full-time mental health counseling experience and a longer background in Christian ministry to his work. He centers care on men's wellbeing while helping people navigate anxiety, stress, addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, and difficult life changes.
Edward frames therapy around each person's own knowledge of their life. He describes his role as a process consultant who helps people notice strengths and use them to solve problems. Sessions focus on practical steps, clearer communication, and rebuilding trust after relationship ruptures.
His clinical practice draws on attachment-based ideas, client-centered ways of listening, and cognitive-behavioral tools to shift patterns of thought and action. He also uses emotion-focused and Gottman-informed techniques when addressing closeness and interactional problems. Those methods are chosen to fit what a person brings in rather than applied the same way to everyone.
Common topics Edward works with include obsessions and compulsions, process and sex-related addictions, fatherhood and role changes, guilt and shame, and questions of life purpose. He aims to make sessions straightforward and goal-focused while staying attentive to emotions under the surface.
People who want to begin are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability. The process begins with a few practical steps to identify priorities and set up a plan for the next sessions.
How his approaches fit online work
Edward draws on attachment-based work to look at how patterns of closeness and distance develop in relationships and how those patterns affect stress and intimacy. That approach helps when people want to understand recurring conflicts and build more secure ways of connecting. He also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and compulsive patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Edward treats the choice of methods as collaborative - he will talk with each person about goals, try techniques, and adjust based on what helps most. The plan evolves from session to session so it better matches needs and preferences.
If you are considering online therapy, confirm the current session options before booking so you know what formats are offered. Online sessions can make it easier to fit work on counseling into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so more energy goes into the work itself. Licensed professionals can use these tools to practice attachment and CBT-based exercises, role plays for communication, and behavioral experiments between sessions.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
6+ years
Credentials
Tennessee
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Edward commonly help with?
He helps people address stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, and coping with life changes.
What is his therapeutic style like?
He works in a process-consultant way, listening in a client-centered style and using attachment and cognitive-behavioral methods to change patterns.
What kind of experience does he bring?
Edward has six years of full-time mental health counseling experience plus more than two decades in Christian ministry that inform his perspective.
Where is Edward based and what credential does he hold?
He is located in Tennessee and holds the credential TN LPC-MHSP, which is shown as LPC-MHSP in his profile.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with him?
He does not work with international clients at this time.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work together?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.