Edward Breedlove , LPC-MHSP

Edward Breedlove is a Licensed Professional Counselor - Mental Health Service Provider (LPC-MHSP) based in Tennessee who brings a combined background of more than two decades in Christian ministry and six years of full-time mental health counseling. His ministry experience informs a compassionate, values-aware approach while his counseling work focuses on practical strategies for change. He works with individuals, couples, and families on matters including anxiety, obsessive-compulsive patterns, addictions, relationship ruptures, and intimacy-related concerns, and he supports people navigating major life transitions.

Edward approaches therapy from the perspective that each person is the primary expert in their own life. He emphasizes client strengths and serves as a process consultant, helping clients clarify goals, identify obstacles, and develop steps toward healthier patterns. He has worked with issues such as men's concerns, fatherhood challenges, unwanted sexual behaviors, guilt and shame, infidelity, and process addictions including pornography and gambling.

The work Edward offers blends evidence-based methods with a client-centered stance that values curiosity, courage, and compassion. He aims to create an atmosphere of respectful listening and steady support as clients pursue greater clarity, improved relationships, and more satisfying everyday functioning.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care with Edward Breedlove

Edward frequently draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to explore how early relational patterns influence current relationships and emotional responses. This approach helps clients work through attachment issues, improve intimacy, and address challenges related to fatherhood and close bonds.

He also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - CBT - to help clients identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and develop practical strategies for managing anxiety, obsessive-compulsive tendencies, and addictive behaviors. CBT offers concrete tools for shifting reactions and building more adaptive habits.

Client-Centered Therapy is another core element of his practice, emphasizing the client as the expert in their own life and positioning the therapist as a collaborator who listens deeply and supports self-directed change. Together, therapist and client decide which methods best match the client’s goals and preferences.

Online sessions via video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging make these approaches accessible and flexible. Remote formats can fit busy schedules, reduce travel barriers, and support consistent engagement so clients can continue therapeutic progress from familiar settings while working with licensed professionals and therapists.