Matthew Kelley
Practical, goal-focused counseling for everyday life
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Matthew
Matthew Kelley is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas who offers practical, straightforward therapy for people feeling stuck or overwhelmed. He works with adults, teens, and veterans and focuses on everyday stress, anxiety, depression, relationships, and family concerns. His sessions aim to produce useful change rather than endless talking.
He comes from a background in education and counseling, which shapes his clear and patient style. He uses tools that clients can try between sessions and adapts them to each person’s pace.
Background and approach
Matthew often combines short-term skill-building with conversations about patterns that keep problems going. Matthew has experience supporting people and families affected by autism and other neurodiversity. He aims to meet clients where they are and move at a realistic speed.
His work also includes helping with issues like communication problems, codependency, guilt, and life purpose. In practice he draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to identify thinking patterns and set concrete goals. Sessions tend to be calm, direct, and focused on steps the client can take.
He balances practical techniques with honest conversation. People who want a clear plan and measurable progress often find his approach helpful. He emphasizes collaboration and will shape work around each person’s goals.
Matthew holds an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - and brings three years of clinical experience in Texas.
Practical therapy approaches for online care
Matthew uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes. CBT breaks big problems into manageable steps and is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress.He also uses Solution-Focused Therapy to set clear, short-term goals and identify what already works. This approach focuses on small, achievable changes and helps clients move toward concrete improvements quickly.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Matthew will work with each person to decide which methods match their goals, needs, and preferences, and he adjusts plans as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into busy lives. These options allow for flexible scheduling and repeated brief check-ins when that suits the client best. The online format supports consistent work without needing to travel, while keeping the treatment focused on practical steps and measurable progress.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
Solution-Focused Therapy
Rather than examining the problem at length, this looks at what is already working and builds on it. Sessions tend to be practical and forward-looking, with small achievable steps, which translates readily to shorter online conversations.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexual dysfunction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
Next step
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