About MATTHEW
MATTHEW SAMUELS is a licensed professional counselor in New Jersey who helps people managing stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and relationship or family concerns. He also supports people with grief, trauma and abuse, sleep problems, anger, bipolar mood challenges, and issues tied to self-esteem or life changes. Sessions focus on clear goals and practical steps people can use between meetings.
He blends straightforward conversation with reflective work. That means he listens closely, offers feedback, and uses exercises you can try on your own.
Background and approach
He draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and uses Mindfulness to teach grounding and focus. He also brings ideas from Jungian and psychodynamic traditions when exploring deeper patterns. Clients can expect a collaborative style.
Matthew invites people to name what matters most and to test small changes. He uses short skill-building assignments, motivational interviewing to clarify goals, and moments of deeper reflection to track long-term patterns. The approach aims to balance practical coping with awareness of core issues.
With 14 years of experience, he has worked in a range of settings and with many kinds of concerns. His background in Depth Psychology informs how he attends to meaning and personal narratives while still prioritizing concrete tools. He frames therapy as a process of learning ways to be more resilient and authentic.
Sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Matthew conducts therapy in English and practices as an LPC in New Jersey.
Approaches that translate to online work
Matthew commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT often includes simple exercises and homework that adapt well to video or messaging formats. Mindfulness Therapy is another approach he uses to teach attention and grounding skills through short practices that can be guided in sessions and practiced between meetings.He also draws on Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on listening, empathy, and helping people find their own solutions. That approach supports a collaborative way of working online where the therapist follows the client’s pace and priorities. Matthew will work with each person to decide which approaches fit their goals and preferences, adjusting methods as needed over time.
Online sessions offer practical benefits like easier scheduling and fewer travel needs. Video calls let people use visual cues when that helps; phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit into a work break. Live chat or text-based messaging is useful for brief check-ins, step-by-step coaching, or when people prefer not to be on camera. These options make it easier to keep consistent work on skills and goals while fitting therapy into a busy life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English