About Matthew
Matthew Groom is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who works with people feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stress or depression. He also helps those coping with relationship problems, trauma and issues linked to sexuality. He presents as calm and direct, aiming to make it easier for someone to speak honestly about what is hurting them.
He draws on six years of professional experience across the NHS, the charity sector and independent practice.
Background and approach
That background means he is used to supporting people through common concerns such as grief, separation, work stress and anger. He also has experience with the LGBTQ+ community while seeing people from a range of backgrounds. Sessions start by building a straightforward, non-judgemental space.
Matthew listens closely and helps clients put words to difficult feelings. He focuses on practical ways to reduce immediate distress while also looking at patterns that keep problems repeating. Therapy can include talking about past events, exploring how relationships affect mood, and learning skills for low moments.
He explains ideas plainly, and works at a pace the client can manage. The aim is to help people feel heard and to find safer, more workable ways of coping. People choose him for a direct yet empathetic style and for experience with a wide range of concerns from addiction and bipolar to compassion fatigue and loneliness.
His approach is collaborative and grounded in evidence-based therapeutic techniques.
How evidence-based approaches work online
Matthew uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help with anxiety, stress and relationship difficulties. One approach focuses on teaching practical coping skills to manage panic, worry and low mood; these are short exercises and strategies clients can use between sessions. Another approach looks at patterns in relationships and attachment to understand why certain reactions repeat; this helps with communication problems, abandonment concerns and feelings of emptiness.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Matthew will talk with the client about their goals and preferences and try methods that fit their day-to-day life. He treats the choice of technique as a collaboration and will adjust the plan as progress is seen.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy lives or those who cannot travel. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is low or when being on camera is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging suit quick check-ins, shorter sessions or moments when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work breaks, travel schedules or different time zones.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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