About Matthew
Matthew Biermacher is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who helps people manage anxiety, stress, and life transitions. He focuses on building a trusting working relationship so clients can name what’s getting in the way and try new ways of coping. Matthew uses clear, practical steps rather than jargon.
He writes plainly and aims for straightforward progress in sessions. Matthew draws on approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to address worries, low mood, and self-esteem problems.
Background and approach
He also uses mindfulness and existential ideas to help people find personal meaning and steady their thoughts. The Gottman Method is part of his toolbox for people wanting to improve communication and relationship patterns.
With five years of clinical experience in Texas, Matthew supports people dealing with career stress, parenting strain, sleep problems, ADHD concerns, compassion fatigue, and the emotional effects of separation or loss. He also works with issues like codependency, attachment wounds, and identity questions related to LGBT experiences. Sessions focus on identifying specific problem factors and testing practical changes.
Matthew frames work as collaborative - clients set goals and try small experiments between appointments. He pairs problem-focused techniques with regular check-ins about what is and is not working. Online and remote session formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
Matthew uses these options to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep progress steady even when life gets disrupted.
Therapeutic approaches and online delivery
Matthew often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try concrete behavior changes that reduce anxiety and stress. CBT involves setting clear goals, testing small changes, and tracking what helps over time.He also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. DBT techniques teach breathing, grounding, and communication tools that can calm strong emotions and improve interactions. Mindfulness practices are used to increase present-moment awareness and reduce rumination.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Matthew discusses options with each person and adapts methods to match their goals, preferences, and daily life. He checks in regularly and adjusts plans when something is not working.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which allow flexible ways to meet. Video calls are helpful for full-session conversations, phone sessions work when internet or bandwidth are limited, live chat can be used for quick check-ins, and text messaging supports brief updates or ongoing coaching between appointments. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent amid busy schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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