About Matthew
Dr. Matthew Reiser helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, and trauma. He also supports those facing depression, addiction challenges, grief, body image and eating concerns, sleep problems, parenting stresses, and career transitions.
He approaches therapy with calm attention and practical steps to make daily life easier. He favors straightforward conversations. Sessions focus on what is bothering the person now and what small changes could help.
He uses tools from cognitive behavioral approaches, acceptance-based work, and emotion-focused methods to build skills for coping and connection.
Background and approach
The tone is respectful and collaborative. Dr. Reiser brings 19 years of clinical experience in universities and independent practice.
He holds the designation UT Psychologist 5184406-2501 and completed a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology in 2012. His background includes work with anxiety, trauma, eating concerns, performance and biofeedback-related issues, and life changes. In sessions he tailors interventions to each person's needs.
That might mean learning new ways to notice and change unhelpful thoughts, practicing emotional awareness, or committing to values-based actions. He aims for practical skills people can use between meetings. Outside of clinical work he enjoys time with family and friends, sports, music, travel, and the outdoors.
He presents therapy as a shared process of discovery and steady growth.
How these approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then take small steps toward what matters to them. It is often used for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and trying different behaviors to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. It is commonly used for anxiety, depression, and sleep or eating concerns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people name and work with emotions to improve how they connect with others and handle relationship strains.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist and client collaborate to decide which methods fit the person's goals and preferences. Techniques can be mixed over time to match changing needs and to build practical coping skills.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video allows face-to-face interaction and guided exercises, phone calls can be useful when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging can support quick check-ins or brief coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping continuity of care.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Utah
- Languages
- English
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