About Matthew
Matthew "Matt" Forbes is a licensed clinical social worker with nine years of experience. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and low self-esteem. Matt uses plain language and direct conversation to make therapy feel approachable for someone under pressure.
He creates a calm space for people to talk about what matters most. Sessions emphasize honest talk about feelings, practical steps to change unhelpful patterns, and planning small, realistic goals.
Background and approach
The aim is steady progress rather than quick fixes. Matt draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to identify thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. He also brings existential perspectives to help people find meaning and direction when life feels uncertain.
Together these approaches help with mood, panic symptoms, motivation, and decisions about next steps. He has worked with concerns related to sexuality and gender, parenting and fatherhood questions, relationship and intimacy issues, workplace stress, and grief. He also supports people dealing with guilt, shame, loneliness, seasonal mood shifts, and compassion fatigue.
Sessions are offered in English and Matt sees people across Utah and internationally. He encourages a collaborative pace and helps clients pick the tools that suit their life. If someone wants steady, practical support for anxiety or life change, he helps them plan how to move forward.
Using CBT and Existential Approaches Online
Matthew combines cognitive behavioral ideas and existential work in online sessions to help people tackle anxiety and find clearer direction. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on spotting and changing thoughts and behaviors that keep anxiety and low mood active, using simple exercises and practical homework. Existential therapy helps people talk about meaning, choice, and values when life feels uncertain, which can relieve a sense of being stuck.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and test what fits best, adjusting methods as progress is made. This is a collaborative process where the client and therapist pick tools that match daily life and personal priorities.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit brief updates, ongoing tracking, or times when typing feels easier than speaking. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and varied routines.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Utah
- Languages
- English
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