About Matthew
Matthew Howard is a licensed clinical social worker with ten years of professional experience. He holds a Licensed Master Social Worker credential and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential and practices in Michigan. Matthew focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and grief so they can move forward with daily life.
He also supports people facing trauma and abuse, addiction concerns, and issues connected to sexual orientation and identity.
Background and approach
Matthew pays attention to intimacy-related struggles and the ways isolation, shame, and guilt can make daily tasks harder. He works with people who want clearer communication, more self-compassion, and a stronger sense of life purpose. In sessions he treats clients as the experts on their lives.
He helps people name their strengths and find practical steps that fit their situation. Matthew emphasizes small, doable actions alongside honest conversation about what’s been painful. His approach is straightforward and warm.
He offers a calm space for people to talk through grief, work through trauma reactions, or reduce overwhelming anxiety. He aims to make sessions useful in day-to-day life rather than full of jargon. Matthew’s background includes practice in both Florida and Michigan and a decade of working in clinical settings.
He is available for video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
Approaches and online options for everyday healing
Matthew uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions in clear, practical ways. One approach he applies focuses on processing trauma and reducing intense reactions; this helps people who have experienced abuse or other sudden losses to name what happened and find steady ways to cope. He also emphasizes strategies that target anxiety and mood, teaching skills to manage stress, reduce panic, and improve day-to-day functioning in work and relationships.Choosing the right approach is part of therapy and happens together. He will talk with each person about goals and preferences, try approaches that fit those goals, and adjust as needed. The work is collaborative - clients and the therapist decide what helps most over time.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for people with busy lives. Video calls let sessions feel more like in-person meetings while still fitting into a commute or work break. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging provide shorter check-ins, on-the-go support, and flexibility for people who need brief, frequent contact rather than a full session.
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- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Michigan
- Languages
- English