About Matthew
Matthew Sniscak is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety. He approaches sessions with a calm, straightforward style to help clients feel more comfortable talking about tough topics. Matthew works to create a space where thoughts and feelings can be shared without judgment.
He acknowledges that starting therapy takes courage and sees that first step as important. Matthew brings 14 years of experience to his practice and holds a LPC credential.
Background and approach
He has worked with concerns that often come up around parenting, family dynamics, and school-related stresses. He also addresses issues like self-esteem, motivation, anger, grief, and life transitions in practical, down-to-earth ways. His approach blends several methods to match each person’s needs.
Matthew uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and ACT and mindfulness strategies to build values-based action and present-moment coping. He also integrates client-centered principles to keep sessions focused on each person’s goals. Sessions often include talking things through, practicing simple skills, and setting small, doable steps to try between meetings.
Matthew can also support work on specific concerns such as panic attacks, obsessive thoughts, trauma reactions, compassion fatigue, and caregiver stress. He explains tools plainly and helps people pick what fits their life. People who prefer flexible ways to meet can work with him online by phone, video, or messaging.
Matthew is based in Pennsylvania and conducts sessions in English.
How practical therapies translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values. It can reduce the hold of worry and avoidance by focusing on meaningful behavior. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete strategies to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is often used for anxiety, panic, and obsessive thoughts. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus during stressful moments.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, try a few methods, and adjust plans as needed. That way clients can find tools that fit their day-to-day life and feel useful quickly.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people work face to face from another location. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a camera isn’t desired. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, quick skill coaching, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and try different formats to see what works best.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania, New Jersey
- Languages
- English
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