About Matthew
Matthew Walters is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) who helps people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, and life transitions. He focuses on practical steps people can take now. His style is calm and direct, aiming to make sessions feel manageable and focused.
He listens for patterns that keep a person stuck, like repeating relationship or family problems. He uses straightforward tools to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
How Matthew works
Sessions often include goal setting, skill practice, and review of small changes between meetings. Matthew blends person-centered care with structured techniques. That means conversations are shaped by what matters most to the individual while also using tested methods to address symptoms.
He draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to reframe thinking and on motivational interviewing to support change. He has twelve years of experience working in Pennsylvania as an LPC. Over that time he has helped people facing grief, anger, self-esteem struggles, caregiver stress, and issues around commitment or intimacy.
He also supports people coping with career stress and compassion fatigue. Matthew pays attention to family of origin issues, blended family challenges, and communication problems. He aims to help people build clearer boundaries, improve communication, and regain a sense of direction.
The process is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. People who work with him can expect focused conversations, practical homework, and steady review of progress. He can work with concerns that include depression, drug and alcohol addiction, emptiness, and fatherhood-related stress.
The emphasis is on usable skills and steady forward movement.
Matthew lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
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
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Pennsylvania |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online work
Matthew commonly uses client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in online work. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and letting the person's goals lead the process; it helps when someone needs to talk through emotions and find their own direction. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems.He also uses motivational interviewing to support people who are ready to change habits. This method concentrates on listening for a person’s own motivations and helping them strengthen their commitment to small, achievable steps. Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process and can shift over time as goals change.
Finding the right therapeutic fit is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they choose approaches and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let the work feel face-to-face and allow visual cues, phone sessions can be less bandwidth heavy or easier when on the go, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging is useful for brief reflections and ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between meetings.
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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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