About Dr. Myles
Thirty-five years
of listening for what
is underneath.
A behaviorist by training, a trauma specialist by practice, and direct with clients by conviction. Based in Atlanta, seeing adults, teens, couples, and families.
His profile is verified by Psychology Today, where most of his new clients first find him.
Complex behavior is usually not a mystery. It is a solution someone found for a problem nobody named.
Dr. Willie Myles has over 35 years of experience addressing complex adult and adolescent behaviors. His training as a behaviorist taught him to watch what a person actually does rather than only what they say, and his specialization in Trauma Focused Therapy taught him where to look for the reason.
He is known for effective work with teens facing maladaptive behaviors — explosive anger, lack of focus, oppositional defiance, and challenges with school adjustment — and for not treating the teenager in isolation. A young person’s behavior almost always makes sense inside the family it grew up in, so parents are part of the work.
His model is direct and deliberately unslow: identify the ROOT cause of the discomfort, then treat the root, and the symptoms diminish because they are no longer doing a job. He has little patience for symptom-only approaches that produce years of managed discomfort without change.
In the room, that looks like honesty, warmth, and the occasional hard question. He has heard most of it before, without judgment, and he will tell you what he actually thinks rather than what is comfortable.
Background & credentials
- Over 35 years addressing complex adult and adolescent behavior
- Trained as a behaviorist
- Specialist in Trauma Focused Therapy
- Verified by Psychology Today
- Root-cause model: identify the cause, then treat it
Who he works with
Individuals, couples, and families — all ages and household types. Trauma cases are the heart of the practice: adults carrying childhoods they did not choose, teenagers whose behavior is the only language they have, couples whose arguments are really about something older.
Direct
You will hear what he actually thinks. Treatment is collaborative, not passive, and the plan is explained in plain language.
Confidential
Privacy and trust are treated as the foundation of the practice, not a formality. What is said in the room stays in the room.
Root-cause
The work is aimed at the cause, which is why the change tends to hold instead of needing to be managed indefinitely.