About Matthew
Matthew Schwer is a licensed clinical social worker with five years of practice in Minnesota. He works with people facing stress and anxiety, relationship challenges, family conflict, bipolar disorder, and depression. Matthew aims to make first steps into therapy feel manageable and respects the courage it takes to begin.
Matthew creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can say what they think and feel. Sessions focus on practical ways to cope with overwhelming emotions and recurring worries.
Background and approach
He listens closely to understand what matters most to each person and what gets in the way of change. He draws on several approaches to guide sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify patterns of thinking that keep stress and anxiety active.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers skills for managing intense emotion and impulsive behaviors. Mindfulness practices are used to build present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity. Matthew also uses client-centered techniques that put the person’s goals at the center of care.
Motivational Interviewing helps when someone feels stuck or unsure about next steps. Together these options create a flexible path that adapts to each person’s needs. Throughout therapy he focuses on clear communication and simple tools that can be used between sessions.
Common topics include attachment and abandonment concerns, guilt and shame, body image, communication problems, and issues related to life purpose and men’s concerns. He works to help people build skills and notice small changes that add up over time.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding each person’s priorities and building sessions around what they want to work on. It involves listening, reflecting, and adjusting the pace to match the client’s needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the thoughts and behaviors that keep stress and anxiety going and teaches practical exercises to change them. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for handling intense emotions and reducing impulsive reactions, which can be useful for mood swings and relationship strain.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about symptoms, goals, and daily life to decide which methods to try first. Plans can change over time as progress is tracked and new priorities emerge, and the client’s voice guides those adjustments.
Online sessions make these methods more accessible through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face interaction for skills practice and emotional work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging support quick coaching, homework checks, or continuing work between sessions. These options aim to fit therapy into busy schedules and different comfort levels.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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