Ranked #1 Best Counselor & Life Coach in 2025
Meet The Author
Counseling, Coaching & Therapist
Dr. Will Cunningham was voted Best Family Counselor in 2024 & the #1 Best Therapist & #1 Life Coach in 2025. He is also voted one or the top 25 Therapist in NC and top 500 in the United States. He has a unique talent for his therapeutic approaches, using an integrative evidence-based methodologies to include traditional, cultural worldviews, faith & positive psychology.
He has spent half his life in Intelligence Operations serving in 13 countries supporting Special Force Units and classified missions where he learned leadership, conflict resolution and trust from decision makers and peers. His onsite practice is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Asheville, NC where he works with hundreds of clients working through life issues, providing them a trusted agent to turn to.
Literary Projects
Aside from his counseling & coaching practice, he has multiple literary projects going on. A self-help genre trilogy: the Belonging Series (Where I Belong, Where You Belong & Where We Belong) is focused on mindfulness and wellness. He has written a Children’s book series titled “Chesters Cycle Adventures” and is a published scholar with research on the Love of Mankind, the need for Trust, Legitimacy & Relationship.
Something Brought You Here
COUNSELING, COACHING & WRITING BY DR. WILL CUNNINGHAM
Maybe you’re exhausted from holding everything together.
Maybe you’re standing at a crossroads and can’t hear your own voice anymore.
I’m Dr. Will Cunningham, counselor, life coach, and author, and I work with people who are ready for something deeper than advice, surface fixes, or “just get through it.”
This Isn’t About Fixing You
Nothing is “wrong” with you.
What is happening is that something in your life wants attention, a pattern, a question, a tension you’ve been carrying quietly for a long time.
My work is about slowing things down enough to hear what actually matters, and then helping you move forward with clarity and intention. This is thoughtful, grounded work for people who want real change, not platitudes.
My Author Side
Writing is another way I listen. Alongside my work as a counselor and life coach, I write for people who sense there’s more happening beneath the surface of their lives and want language for what they’re experiencing. My writing isn’t about quick answers or motivation; it’s reflective, grounded work meant to bring clarity, name what often goes unspoken, and support a more intentional way of living.
Published Works
My writing explores the spaces we don’t talk about enough:
- The quiet dissatisfaction beneath success
- The pull toward meaning when life feels flat
- The inner work required to live intentionally
- The psychology of becoming more fully yourself
These are not self-help slogans. They’re invitations to think, reflect, and choose differently.
About My Work
People come to me when they’re:
- Stuck between who they’ve been and who they’re becoming
- Emotionally exhausted or quietly anxious
- Struggling in relationships that matter deeply
- Successful, but unfulfilled
- Facing a transition that’s harder than expected
I work with individuals, couples, and professionals who want depth, honesty, and forward movement.
Coaching Method
Thoughtful Work for Real Change
My approach blends positive psychology, integrative counseling, and coaching practices that focus on insight and action.
This isn’t a rigid system or a one-size-fits-all process.
Together, we:
- Identify what’s actually happening beneath the surface
- Name the patterns that keep repeating
- Clarify values, direction, and next steps
- Build tools that support lasting change
More Than Sessions
This work doesn’t end when a session does.
It extends into writing, teaching, community engagement, and creative projects, all rooted in the same commitment to awareness, growth, and meaningful living.