About Miriam
Miriam Matthews is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who focuses on helping people manage anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship struggles. She brings a calm, practical style and aims to make therapy straightforward and useful for day-to-day life. Miriam draws on ten years of experience across behavioral health, hospice care, and geriatric services.
She has also worked with Child Protective Services and with programs supporting maternal and infant health.
Background and approach
That background informs how she looks at both emotional challenges and the real-life stresses that surround them. In sessions she uses client-centered conversations to understand each person’s goals. She blends solution-focused techniques to set clear steps forward.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools are used when helpful to shift unhelpful thoughts and patterns. She pays attention to common concerns like self-esteem, grief, caregiver stress, and feelings of isolation. Miriam also works with issues related to sexual assault and abuse, abandonment, guilt, and discrimination.
Her approach emphasizes practical coping skills and small, achievable changes. People who come to her can expect direct, compassionate guidance and help linking to community resources when needed. She encourages clients to take the lead on goals while offering structure and tools to make progress.
Her style is warm, purposeful, and focused on what helps in everyday life.
How client-centered and practical approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building understanding. The therapist follows the person's lead, reflects what they say, and helps set goals that matter to them. This approach fits issues like low self-esteem, life purpose questions, and relationship concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and actions influence feelings. It breaks problems into smaller parts and teaches concrete tools to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. CBT is often useful for anxiety, depression, and stress management.
Solution-Focused Therapy narrows attention to quick, achievable changes. Sessions identify small steps and test what works next. This approach suits people who want clear, short-term goals and measurable progress.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options, listen to your goals, and recommend what to try first. If something isn’t helping, the plan can change so the work fits your needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions let you keep visual connection while phone calls can fit a break at work or use less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick check-ins, short progress notes, and ongoing support between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep regular momentum toward goals.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Virginia, Massachusetts
- Languages
- English