About Matthew
Matthew McKenna is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) practicing in New York. He has seven years of clinical experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and addictive behaviors. Parents reading this will find straightforward language and a calm approach in sessions.
He aims to make beginning therapy feel manageable and direct. In sessions Matthew focuses on clear, practical steps people can use right away. He listens without judgment and helps clients name what feels most urgent.
Background and approach
He works with relationship and family issues by breaking problems into smaller, solvable parts. For addictions and process problems he explores triggers and builds alternative coping strategies. Matthew also helps with phobias, obsessive-compulsive patterns, and mood shifts such as seasonal affective concerns.
He pays attention to how daily routines and thinking patterns keep problems going. When needed he discusses end-of-life or hospice-related concerns with sensitivity and practicality. His work includes supporting people affected by autism or intellectual disability and addressing prejudice or discrimination as it shows up in life and relationships.
He can talk through jealousy, infidelity, and blended family challenges while focusing on realistic goals. Sessions tend to be solution-focused and paced to each person’s comfort. Matthew offers multiple online formats so people can choose what fits their schedule.
He helps international clients as well and runs sessions in English. Starting is a short, guided process that leads to scheduling a first appointment.
Therapeutic techniques and online support
Matthew uses evidence-based approaches that focus on real-world change. One common method is behavioral exposure work, which helps people gradually face phobias and reduce avoidance by practicing small, manageable steps. Another approach emphasizes cognitive strategies that identify unhelpful thinking and create healthier, more realistic thoughts to reduce anxiety and compulsive behaviors.Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, what feels most urgent, and which methods seem most comfortable. Together they will try approaches and adjust the plan based on what actually helps in day-to-day life.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs. Video lets people work face-to-face from wherever they are, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging is useful for brief check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to continue work consistently over time.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Jealousy
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Phobias
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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