About Me
William McCoy, Marriage and Family Therapist, M.A., Doctor of Education, M.S., L.M.F.T. I have 30 years of experience helping clients develop communication skills that assists them to live more meaningful lives and develop and maintain lasting and fulfilling relationships. The essence of my work is to provide a high level of service to optimize the likelihood of client satisfaction and a strong sense of problem solving. I take pride in my strong academic background prior to embarking upon a career in psychotherapy and couples counseling.
I possess four college degrees, including a B.S. in Early Childhood Education, MA in Education Psychology, Doctorate in Education from UCLA and MS in Marriage and Family Counseling.
Prior to my work as a Family Therapist, I taught Sociology for 19 years in the California State University System. Shortly after receiving my MFT degree, I left teaching and worked in Private Practice, including treating patients at a Worker’s Compensation Clinic and treating and assessing patients at boarding care homes. Additionally, I worked as a Child Abuse Investigator for the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services. I am most proud of my work at Del Amo Hospital, a Psychiatric Hospital in Torrance California, where I worked for 13 years. It was here that I gained tremendous experience treating patients with psychosis, schizophrenia, bi-polar disorder, depression, PTSD, anxiety, substance abuse issues, and suicide ideation.
In recent years, I worked extensively as a Military and Family Life Counselor on U.S. military bases in California, Hawaii and Germany. This entailed providing short-term and problem-solving counseling to active-duty military and their families. This included couples counseling, child counseling, and individual counseling in the areas of PTSD, depression, anxiety, deployment and reintegration issues, crisis counseling, stress management and grief counseling.
My Specialities
ADHD
Anxiety
Addiction
Anger Management
Career and Employment Issues
Child and Adolescent Counseling
Coping Skills
Depression
Domestic Violence and Domestic Abuse
Grief
Hostile Work Environment Counseling
Life Transitions
Parenting
PTSD and Trauma
Relationship Issues
Sexuality (LGBTQ)
Stress Management
Suicidal Ideation
Workplace adjustment and stress issues