About Matthew
Matthew McKinley is a licensed clinician who helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and life transitions. He also supports those facing compassion fatigue, addiction concerns, trauma and grief, intimacy and relationship struggles, sleep problems, parenting stress, anger, career questions, bipolar challenges, and ADHD. Matthew holds an LPCC, which is the Ohio Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor credential.
He works in English and practices from Ohio. Matthew aims for therapy that feels human and straightforward.
Background and approach
Sessions are kept down-to-earth and sometimes include humor alongside serious work. He focuses on helping people manage hard emotions, build positive habits, and take practical steps toward goals. His style blends cognitive behavioral ideas with acceptance-focused and client-centered approaches.
He also draws from dialectical behavior strategies and existential perspectives to help people find meaning and tolerate difficult feelings. Techniques are explained plainly and adapted to each person’s life. Matthew has six years of clinical experience.
He has worked with a wide range of concerns and emphasizes practical tools such as thought reframing, behavioral experiments, mindfulness exercises, and values-based action. The goal is progress that fits into everyday life, not abstract concepts. Sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Matthew uses these formats to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy schedule. He works collaboratively to set goals and adjust strategies as needed.
Online approaches that fit your life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) emphasizes clarifying personal values and taking meaningful action even when difficult emotions are present. It helps people who feel stuck or torn about choices by building small steps toward a life they care about. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms. It is practical and problem-focused, with homework between sessions to practice new skills. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s experience and uses empathic listening to help people feel heard and make their own choices; it is useful when someone needs space to process emotions and regain direction.Finding the right approach is collaborative. Matthew will work with each person to choose methods that match goals and preferences. He adapts techniques over time so therapy stays useful and relevant to day-to-day challenges.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to add flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier on low bandwidth days or when being on camera is not desired. Live chat and text messaging let people check in between longer sessions or use shorter touchpoints during busy weeks. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, and life obligations while using the clinical approaches above in a practical way.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English