About Matthew
Matthew "Matt" Forbes is a licensed clinical social worker who uses straightforward talk and practical tools to help people feel less stuck. He brings nine years of experience and focuses on stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Matt often helps people navigating LGBT and gender-related concerns, questions about sexuality, and issues around intimacy.
He also supports work-related stress, career decisions, and the strain that comes from parenting and fatherhood roles.
Background and approach
He works with mood concerns such as depression and panic symptoms as well. In sessions Matt favors clear, goal-focused conversations. He helps clients notice unhelpful thinking patterns and try small changes to daily habits.
He pairs that with deeper conversations about meaning, values, and the choices that shape a life. The result is a mix of practical steps and personal reflection. Clients can expect a calm, nonjudgmental space for talking through hard topics.
He aims to make therapy feel doable and relevant to everyday life. Progress is built one manageable step at a time. Matt is based in Utah and is listed as LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
He offers talk-based sessions that fit different schedules and preferences, helping people move toward clearer goals and steadier days.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Matthew uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify patterns of thought that contribute to anxiety, low mood, or panic and to practice small, concrete changes in thinking and behavior. He also uses Existential Therapy to talk about meaning, values, and life choices when people feel stuck or unsure about purpose.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Matt will talk with you about your goals, what has felt helpful in the past, and how you prefer to work. Together you can try approaches and adjust the plan so therapy matches what you need and what feels manageable.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and rhythms. Video lets you have a face-to-face conversation; phone works well when bandwidth is limited or for quieter check-ins. Text and live chat offer shorter, on-the-go ways to touch base between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family, and travel while keeping focus on practical steps and meaningful conversation.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Utah
- Languages
- English