About Matt
Matt Givens is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people facing relationship strain, anxiety, grief, addiction, and the everyday stress of life changes. He writes in plain terms and aims to make the first step easier for someone who feels stuck or overwhelmed. He views counseling as a place to reconnect with strengths.
Sessions focus on acceptance and building practical skills. Matt emphasizes repairing relationships and improving communication so daily life feels more manageable.
Background and approach
With 16 years of experience, he combines several approaches to fit each person’s needs. He uses client-centered work to create a respectful, collaborative space. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to spot unhelpful thinking and build new habits that reduce anxiety and low mood.
He also works with trauma-related symptoms using EMDR alongside other trauma-focused methods. For couples he uses the Gottman Method to address intimacy, trust, and recurring conflict. That mix lets him tailor sessions to concerns from parenting and fatherhood issues to first responder stress and recovery after loss.
Sessions are offered in English and run from Indiana. Formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Costs vary by location and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
To begin, users complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to availability.
Approaches that translate well to online work
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding where a person is and responding without judgment, which helps people feel heard and make decisions that fit their values. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills to reduce anxiety and change unhelpful patterns. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, often called EMDR, addresses distress tied to traumatic memories by using structured protocols that can reduce lingering symptoms.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and try methods that fit those needs. That collaborative process means techniques can be adjusted over time so sessions stay practical and focused on clear outcomes the client wants to reach.
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video lets people read body language and do longer therapy work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text are good for brief updates, homework check-ins, or when writing helps process thoughts. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, parenting, or travel schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Indiana, Ohio
- Languages
- English
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