About Matthew
Matthew Sheft is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people dealing with anxiety, stress, depression, and major life changes. He practices in Florida and brings seven years of experience to sessions. He aims to make therapy straightforward and practical for worried people seeking relief.
He focuses on brief, clear goals that matter to each person. Sessions often include talking through current problems, building new coping skills, and practicing ways to handle stress and difficult emotions.
Background and approach
He uses simple tools rather than jargon so people can try ideas between sessions. Matthew combines different therapy methods to match a person’s needs. He draws on client-centered work to listen and reflect what matters most.
He also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thoughts and DBT skills to manage intense feelings when needed. Clients can expect an open, nonjudgmental space to sort through relationship struggles, career stress, grief, or questions about identity. He also addresses issues like sleep, eating, addiction concerns, and family-of-origin problems in practical ways.
The focus is on what helps someone feel steadier in daily life. Matthew holds LICSW and LCSW credentials and has experience across many concerns, including ADHD, trauma, intimacy-related issues, and compassion fatigue. He encourages parents and professionals alike to try small changes that add up.
Therapy is collaborative and paced to each person’s comfort level.
How Matthew’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding what matters most to the person. The therapist listens closely and reflects back concerns so people feel heard and can clarify goals. This approach supports work on identity, self-esteem, and relationships.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts influence feelings and actions. It uses straightforward exercises to test unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors, which can help with anxiety, stress, and sleep problems. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, adds practical skill training for managing intense emotions and improving coping during high-stress moments.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Matthew will collaborate with each person to decide which methods make sense based on goals, symptoms, and daily life. He adjusts techniques over time so sessions stay useful and relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth conversation and visual cues. Phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging allow quick check-ins, short skill practice, or ongoing support between calls. These options help people fit therapy into work, family, or travel schedules while keeping the focus on progress and practical tools.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Vermont, Maine
- Languages
- English
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