About Matthew
Matthew Dougherty is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) practicing in New York. He brings six years of clinical experience to people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. He focuses on direct, practical support in everyday language.
Matthew aims to make sessions feel straightforward and useful from the first visit. Matthew works with concerns such as relationship struggles, parenting stress, addictions, and grief. He also addresses self-esteem, coping with career shifts, sleep and eating difficulties, and issues tied to identity.
How Matthew works
His background includes work with people handling trauma, bipolar mood concerns, and compassion fatigue. His style leans toward collaborative problem solving. He listens first, then helps clients set clear goals.
Sessions often include skill practice, communication strategies, and steps to manage intense emotions. Matthew uses tools drawn from evidence-informed methods to help clients try new ways of coping. People who prefer a practical, goal-focused approach often find his sessions approachable.
He balances attention to feelings with concrete skills for day-to-day life. Matthew explains techniques plainly and checks in regularly about progress and what needs to change. For those ready to begin, he offers a mix of formats so people can choose what fits their routine.
He works in English and provides care through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. The goal is to make getting help easier to fit into busy lives.
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What Matthew works with
The areas below are the ones Matthew selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening with empathy and helping people find their own path forward. It is useful when someone needs a respectful, nonjudgmental space to talk through feelings and make choices. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and changes behaviors through practical exercises; it often helps with anxiety, depression, and coping skills. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches skills for handling strong emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness, which can be helpful for mood instability and high emotional reactivity.Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist and client talk about current needs, goals, and what feels most useful. Together they try methods, track progress, and adjust the plan based on what helps in real life.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people meet face to face when more interaction is needed. Phone sessions are a lower-bandwidth option for check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, homework prompts, or ongoing coaching between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or family routines while still practicing the same strategies used in person.
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Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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