About Matthew
Matthew Mateika is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida who helps people manage stress and anxiety. He draws on nine years of counseling experience to guide people through painful emotions and life changes. Sessions are paced to each person's needs and focus on practical steps toward feeling better.
Matthew emphasizes a flexible, person-focused approach. He takes time to get to know clients and build a working relationship.
Background and approach
Conversations move at the client's preferred pace so goals can be realistic and achievable. His background includes work in a university counseling department and as lead clinician at a residential substance abuse program. Those roles involved supporting people facing substance use concerns, depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder.
He also has experience addressing grief, relationship strain, parenting stress, and challenges related to identity and intimacy. In sessions he draws on approaches such as client-centered work, cognitive behavioral strategies, emotionally focused methods, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. That mix lets him tailor tools to what works for each person, whether the focus is coping skills, changing unhelpful thoughts, or improving emotional connection.
People seeking help with addiction, career stress, sleep and eating difficulties, ADHD, or compassion fatigue can expect direct, practical conversations. Matthew aims for steady progress and clearer next steps rather than quick fixes.
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Matthew frequently uses client-centered work, which means sessions focus on the person's experience and goals while the therapist listens and reflects what matters most. This approach helps people feel heard and clarifies what they want to change.He also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills for changing unhelpful patterns. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating concerns, and many everyday stressors.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and preferences, and adjust those methods as progress is made.
Online therapy with this clinician is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for in-depth work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or a quieter voice check-in is preferred. Live chat and text messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make scheduling more flexible and help therapy fit into busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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