About Matt
Matt Lightfoot offers a person-centred approach that puts the client at the heart of the work. He creates a warm, non-judgemental space where people can talk about what matters to them. Matt draws on both client-centred and existential ideas to help people think about meaning and change.
He uses plain, down-to-earth language and aims to be relatable and practical. Matt has four years of professional experience and holds NCPS, which stands for National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society.
How Matt works
He also completed many years of personal therapy as part of his own training, so he understands the therapy process from a client perspective. That background helps him be attentive and patient during sessions. Sessions are led by the person attending, with the counsellor helping them name goals and notice options.
Conversations focus on feelings, relationships, identity, life changes and practical coping. Matt works with issues such as anxiety, depression, stress, addictions, grief, sexual and gender matters, self-esteem and relationship concerns. He also supports people facing career stresses, parenting strains, sleeping problems, ADHD-related challenges and compassion fatigue.
Additional areas include attachment difficulties, body image, family of origin issues and intimacy-related topics including kink and alternative sex culture. Matt aims to help people find their own answers rather than prescribe solutions. Sessions are offered in English and can be arranged for people inside or outside the United Kingdom.
The counselling style is collaborative and paced to each individual's needs, with an emphasis on listening, respect and practical next steps.
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What Matt works with
The areas below are the ones Matt selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How client-centred and existential ideas work online
Matt uses client-centred practice to focus on the person's own priorities. This approach involves listening closely, reflecting what is said and helping people identify goals they want to work on. It is helpful for emotional concerns like anxiety, low self-esteem and relationship stress.He also draws on existential ideas that look at meaning, choice and how people make sense of life changes. That perspective can help when someone feels stuck, faces identity questions or wants to explore purpose and values.
Finding the right approach is part of the work and is decided together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and practical needs and adapt how sessions are run to suit the individual. This collaborative process helps match method and pace to what the person wants to achieve.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is good for full conversations and visual connection, phone can be a lower-bandwidth option, live chat suits quick check-ins, and messaging works for ongoing, brief support. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day and to access therapists who are regionally distant.
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