About Matthew
Matthew Martinez connects with people who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected despite keeping up appearances. He introduces a calm, steady presence and helps clients slow things down to sort out what matters. Short-term goals and practical steps are part of his focus, alongside understanding deeper patterns that keep showing up.
He works with adults and teens on anxiety, stress, relationship challenges, and major life transitions. He also supports people processing trauma, self-doubt, and repeated relational patterns.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to make problems clearer and create doable changes that fit daily life. Matthew describes his style as warm, real, and collaborative. He listens without judgment and works side-by-side with clients to set priorities and goals.
That approach helps people feel more grounded and in control as they try new ways of coping. Before shifting into counseling, he spent over 15 years in education, including roles as a high school principal and assistant principal. That background shaped his understanding of how work, school, family expectations, and culture affect mental health and behavior.
Matthew holds a Licensed Professional Counselor credential - LPC - and practices from Colorado. He draws from evidence-based techniques such as cognitive behavioral therapy and relationship-focused methods, adapting them to each person's needs. The focus is on practical tools, clearer communication, and rebuilding connection where it has frayed.
Approaches that translate well to online work
Matthew uses cognitive behavioral techniques and relationship-focused work in straightforward, practical ways. Cognitive behavioral methods help identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns, and then create small, testable changes to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms. Relationship-focused work looks at communication habits, conflict patterns, and ways to rebuild connection across close relationships.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. He will work with each person to figure out what fits their goals, needs, and comfort level. Sessions often mix techniques and adjust over time based on what helps most.
Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and role practice, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or during a short break, and live chat or text messaging can help with quick check-ins or when writing feels more natural. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, school, and family commitments.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English