About Matthew
Matthew Laycock greets new clients with a straightforward focus on fit and respect. He draws on ten years of clinical experience as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, in Colorado. Matthew aims to make the first steps toward change easier and clearer for people feeling stuck.
He helps people who are dealing with stress and anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and struggles with motivation. He also supports those coping with addictions and family conflict.
Background and approach
Matthew pays attention to issues like abandonment, attachment concerns, guilt or shame, isolation, post-traumatic stress, and social anxiety. Matthew’s style is down-to-earth and collaborative. He treats each person as the expert on their own life and looks for strengths to build on.
Sessions focus on practical steps and clearer thinking, not jargon or long lectures. Over the years he has worked in a variety of settings across Colorado. That experience informs how he helps people manage everyday pressures and longer-term patterns.
He aims to make therapy feel useful from the start. If someone is ready to get started, Matthew asks a few questions to understand the situation, then works with them to set realistic goals. He offers steady support while encouraging small, doable changes that add up over time.
Approaches That Translate Well to Online Care
Evidence-based techniques focus on clear, practical steps people can apply between sessions. One approach emphasizes identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new ways of looking at problems. This helps with anxiety, low mood, and social worry by teaching specific skills to change reactions and behavior.A second approach concentrates on building stronger emotional connections and addressing attachment wounds. It uses conversations to trace patterns from past relationships and to practice new responses. This work can reduce feelings of isolation, shame, and repeated relationship struggles.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to figure out which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences. That choice can shift as progress is made, with ongoing discussion about what feels most helpful.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for people with busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face work when visual cues matter. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during short breaks. Live chat and text-based messaging give options for brief check-ins, flexible scheduling, and ongoing reflection between appointments, making therapy easier to fit into day-to-day life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English