About Matthew
Matthew Kiefer is a licensed counselor who focuses on practical help for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and parenting struggles. He communicates in a warm, encouraging way and aims to reduce stigma while helping people take small, steady steps toward change. He brings 11 years of clinical work as a licensed professional counselor.
Matthew has supported people dealing with trauma, emotional abuse, attachment concerns, addiction, grief, and mood disorders such as bipolar disorder and disruptive mood dysregulation.
Background and approach
He also helps with career stress and common life transitions. In sessions he keeps tone approachable and often uses interactive, playful techniques when they fit the client’s needs. He adapts methods to match how each person prefers to work, combining problem-solving tools and emotional regulation skills.
The work tends to be practical and focused on what will help day-to-day functioning. Matthew draws from a mix of evidence-based approaches such as cognitive behavioral strategies, acceptance and commitment ideas, and skills from dialectical behavior therapy. Attachment-focused work guides support for people with early relationship wounds or adoption and foster care histories.
Clients can expect a respectful, nonjudgmental conversation that centers their goals. Matthew aims to help people build clearer routines, manage strong emotions, and improve communication. He works with English-speaking adults from Utah and beyond through online formats offered by the practice.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take steps toward those values while accepting difficult thoughts and feelings. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and stress when choices feel stuck.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on changing unhelpful thinking patterns and trying new behaviors. It is often used to reduce anxiety, manage mood symptoms, and build clear routines for attention and focus struggles.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) provides concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. These skills suit people who need tools to manage strong emotions or intense relationship reactions.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Matthew will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and comfort level. He often blends ideas so the plan stays practical and flexible.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between sessions or fit brief conversations into a busy day. These options make it easier to keep consistent work on goals without long travel or schedule disruption.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces 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)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina, Utah, Georgia, Idaho
- Languages
- English
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