About Matthew
Matthew Sheft is a licensed social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and big life changes. He works with individuals who want clearer communication, stronger self-esteem, and practical ways to handle day-to-day strain. Matthew holds LICSW and LCSW credentials and practices in Florida.
He favors straightforward conversations and real-world strategies. Sessions focus on what is happening now and what steps a person can try between meetings. Matthew explains options in plain language and tailors ideas to each person's situation.
Background and approach
His approach draws from several well-known methods, including client-centered listening and cognitive behavioral techniques. These tools are used to spot unhelpful thought patterns and try small behavioral changes that can make daily life easier. He also uses skills from dialectical work to manage strong emotions when needed.
Matthew has seven years of experience working with concerns such as addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, and ADHD. He also supports people dealing with parenting pressures, career stress, anger, and relationship conflict. Additional focus areas include attachment and family of origin issues.
In sessions he blends practical coaching with deeper reflection. That might mean setting short-term goals one week and looking at long-standing patterns the next. The aim is steady progress people can notice in daily routines, work, and relationships.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and following the person’s lead, so online work focuses on understanding what matters most to the client and reflecting that back clearly. This approach helps when someone needs a supportive space to sort feelings and decide next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and tests small changes to see what helps. Online CBT often includes short, practical exercises to try between sessions, like tracking moods or testing new behaviors. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers skill sets for managing strong emotions and improving communication. In virtual sessions DBT skills can be taught and practiced in real time, and therapists can coach clients through immediate coping steps during a call or message. Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to decide which methods fit their goals and daily life. That may mean combining listening-focused and skills-based techniques and adjusting as progress happens. Using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging lets people choose what fits their routine. Video is useful for longer conversations and visual cues. Phone calls can require less bandwidth and work well for focused check-ins. Chat and messaging allow brief check-ins, between-session coaching, and flexible timing to fit busy days.Frequently asked questions
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Vermont, Maine
- Languages
- English