About Matthew
Matthew Digges is an Ohio-licensed professional counselor with 11 years of experience. He helps people facing anxiety, depression, phobias, and the stresses of daily life. His approach is affirming and straightforward, aimed at practical steps rather than jargon.
Matthew creates a calm space where clients can name their troubles and try new ways of coping. Matthew focuses on problems such as trauma and abuse, LGBTQ concerns, addiction, low self-esteem, and relationship strain.
Background and approach
He also supports people dealing with grief, sleep and eating difficulties, career stress, and the challenges of parenting. He pays attention to attachment issues and the effects of past abandonment or foster care experiences. In sessions he draws on tried methods like cognitive behavioral techniques, acceptance and commitment ideas, and client-centered listening.
Matthew uses tools from dialectical behavior therapy when emotions feel overwhelming. He works with each person to pick strategies that match their needs and pace. Matthew’s background includes long-term clinical work in Ohio settings where he supported people through big life changes and chronic conditions.
He brings a practical mindset and steady presence to each meeting. The goal is often clearer thinking, better coping skills, and more reliable daily routines. People meet with him by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Meetings are conducted in English and he does not accept international clients.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Matthew often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. CBT is practical and works well for anxiety, phobias, and mood concerns. He also draws on acceptance and commitment therapy, which focuses on noticing difficult feelings, clarifying values, and taking committed action toward a meaningful life. ACT can help when avoidance or fear gets in the way of daily living.Finding the right mix of approaches is a joint process. Matthew talks with each person about goals and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide whether to emphasize CBT skills, ACT processes, or client-centered listening for gentle reflection. That collaborative planning changes as needs and progress evolve.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video lets people work face to face from different locations. Phone sessions can fit into a short break or work better when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text are useful for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or when typing feels easier than talking. These options help therapy fit into real life and daily routines.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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