About Matthew
Matthew Pearce is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Florida. He helps people address family conflict, trauma and abuse, parenting struggles, low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, stress, and addiction concerns. He also supports people facing relationship and anger issues and those coping with life changes.
Matthew favors a straightforward, respectful style in sessions. He listens first, then helps people map clear steps forward. He treats each person as the expert on their own life and builds on existing strengths.
How Matthew works
Sessions focus on practical skills, problem-solving, and pacing work to fit a person's everyday life. His clinical work draws on client-centered practices alongside cognitive behavioral methods and mindfulness exercises. He also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing when trauma or intense emotional dysregulation is present.
The aim is to combine reflection with tools people can try between sessions. Matthew brings six years of direct therapy experience and a longer background in social work in community settings. That experience includes helping people make action plans, work through parenting challenges, and rebuild confidence after difficult events.
He works in English and practices in Florida as an LCSW. People can expect a calm, goal-oriented approach that balances listening with clear strategies. Matthew helps clients set small, achievable goals and checks in on progress.
He encourages collaboration and adjusts methods to match each person's needs and pace.
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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.
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
How online approaches and tools support therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting back what matters to the person. It helps people feel understood and guides them to identify their own priorities and solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches practical exercises to change those patterns and reduce symptoms.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Matthew will discuss what feels most helpful and try methods that match your goals and comfort level. He balances structured exercises with space to talk, and adapts techniques based on how you respond over time.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video is useful for a full-session discussion and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a short break or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text sessions work well for brief check-ins, homework review, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options help people attend sessions from different locations and schedules and keep progress moving between meetings.
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