About Matt
Matt Lightfoot is a counsellor who uses a warm, person-centred style. He aims to offer a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk through what is worrying them. He frames sessions so the client leads the conversation while he listens and reflects.
Matt works with concerns such as anxiety and stress alongside a wide range of other issues. Matt draws on client-centred and existential approaches to tailor sessions to each person.
Background and approach
He helps people name what they want to change and considers small, practical steps they might try between sessions. Therapy conversations are straightforward and down to earth, with an emphasis on finding personal meaning and inner resources. He brings four years of professional experience and carries the NCPS credential from the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society.
That registration is part of his professional background in the United Kingdom. He also speaks from lengthy personal experience of therapy during his training. Sessions can focus on anxiety, depression, relationship worries, ADHD, grief, addiction, self-esteem and similar concerns.
Additional focuses include attachment difficulties, body image and gender dysphoria among other topics. Matt aims to respond to the individual, not to fit people into one approach. People working with him can expect a collaborative tone.
The counsellor listens, reflects and helps people notice patterns and options. Practical steps and simple reflections are used rather than technical language.
How client-centred and existential approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening, reflection and allowing the client to lead the conversation. Online sessions let the counsellor mirror this style by giving space for people to talk through immediate worries like anxiety, stress or relationship concerns. Existential Therapy looks at meaning, values and choices and can help when someone is coping with life changes, grief or questions about identity.The therapist will work together with each person to find the right mix of approaches. That means trying things out and checking in about what helps, rather than sticking to one method from the start. The counsellor and client decide together which angle suits the person’s goals and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be used when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging suit people who prefer writing or need flexible timings between other commitments. These options aim to make therapy more accessible and easier to fit into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- 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
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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