About Matthew
Matthew Federici is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people manage stress and anxiety. He speaks plainly with clients and focuses on practical steps they can use each day. Matthew aims to make sessions feel straightforward and useful for real life concerns.
He draws on approaches such as cognitive behavioral work, acceptance and commitment ideas, and attachment-informed conversation. Sessions often include skill practice, values clarification, and ways to change unhelpful thought patterns.
Background and approach
Matthew frames tools so people can try them between sessions. Over a decade in counseling has exposed him to a wide range of issues. He has worked in both general mental health and substance use settings, and supported people coping with depression, trauma, grief, and addiction.
That background informs a flexible mix of strategies rather than a single technique. Matthew also brings a humanistic style to his work. That means he centers each person's goals and preferences when planning sessions.
He combines practical exercises with space to process feelings and life changes. People who connect with his approach will find clear language and step-by-step practices. Matthew aims to help people gain tools they can use after the session ends.
He is licensed in Florida as an LMHC and provides services in English.
Approach and options for online counseling
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice thoughts without getting stuck in them and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and making life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and practicing new coping skills to reduce symptoms like worry or low mood. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and close relationships shape current emotional responses and can help with trust, intimacy, and relational patterns.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what fits best. Sessions can mix methods so the plan matches the person's needs and preferences rather than sticking to one fixed model.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling flexible. Video calls allow real-time conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, and messages or live chat can suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options help fit care into busy days and different routines while keeping the focus on practical tools and progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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