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Matthew Digges

Calm, practical support for life’s hard moments

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Credentials
LPCC
Experience
11 years
Licensed in
Ohio
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Matthew

Matthew Digges is a licensed professional clinical counselor who focuses on creating a calm, practical space for people feeling overwhelmed. He writes plainly and listens carefully to what matters most to each person. Sessions aim to reduce anxiety, ease stress, and work through grief or changes in life.

Matthew brings 11 years of experience and an affirming approach for LGBT concerns and other personal struggles. In sessions he uses straightforward tools that help people handle strong emotions and improve daily functioning.

Background and approach

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and shift behaviors. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy supports noticing feelings without being controlled by them while clarifying personal values. Attachment-Based ideas guide conversations about connection and trust.

Matthew emphasizes collaboration. He helps set clear, manageable goals and teaches practical skills to use between sessions. Clients can expect gentle challenge alongside direct techniques for coping, sleeping better, and improving self-esteem.

He also addresses issues like addiction, intimacy-related struggles, eating and body image concerns, anger, career questions, and changes related to aging or medical conditions. His background includes work with adoption and foster care topics, caregiver stress, and complex trauma. Sessions are offered in English from Ohio.

Matthew holds an Ohio LPCC license listed as OH LPCC E.1901537-SUPV and draws on DBT and client-centered methods when useful. The aim is steady progress, one practical step at a time.

How Matthew's approaches work online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck by them. It pairs that noticing with clear choices about what matters most, which can help with stress, anxiety, and motivation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is about spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and trying different actions to change how problems feel day to day. That method is often used for depression, sleep troubles, and anxiety. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past connections shape current relationships and can be useful for intimacy struggles, trust issues, and patterns in relationships.

Figuring out which approach fits best is part of the first conversations. The therapist works collaboratively to identify goals, try methods, and adjust based on what helps most. Matthew uses a mix of techniques rather than a single rigid model to match each person’s needs and preferences.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives and to keep working on skills between meetings. The range of formats supports flexible scheduling, quicker check-ins, and steady progress even when in-person visits are not possible.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns can be addressed here?
Therapy covers stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, parenting issues, intimacy-related concerns, and many other areas listed in the profile.
What is the therapist's general approach?
The style blends practical skill teaching with supportive listening. Techniques from CBT, ACT, DBT, attachment work, and client-centered therapy are used to meet each person where they are.
How much experience does the therapist have?
Matthew has 11 years of clinical experience supporting people through complex emotional and life challenges.
What are the therapist's credentials and location?
He is an Ohio licensed professional clinical counselor - OH LPCC E.1901537-SUPV - and practices from Ohio.
In what languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
Which session formats are available?
Sessions can be held via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to get started?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.

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Experience
11 years
Licensed
Ohio
Languages
English

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