Matthew Mateika
Practical, flexible support for everyday challenges
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Matthew
Matthew Mateika is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, and grief. He offers straightforward, practical care and focuses on building a working relationship that fits each person. Conversations move at the clients preferred pace so progress feels achievable and clear.
He emphasizes flexibility in sessions and adapts work to individual goals. That might mean learning coping skills for anxiety, planning steps to reduce substance use, or talking through life changes.
Background and approach
Matthew uses plain language and keeps tools practical so parents and busy adults can try them between sessions. Matthews background includes time in a university counseling department and leading clinical work in a residential substance abuse program. Those roles exposed him to a range of concerns, including depression, bipolar disorder, and addiction.
He draws on that variety of experience when tailoring treatment plans. He holds a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor credential - FL LMHC MH15482 - and has nine years of professional experience. Matthew combines evidence-based methods with collaborative goal setting so each person can move forward at a sustainable pace.
Sessions are offered online in formats that match different schedules. People seeking clear, pragmatic support for stress, parenting challenges, relationship matters, or mood and substance concerns may find his steady, adaptable approach useful.
How Matthew blends approaches for online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects what they say, and helps people set goals that matter to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and teaches practical skill work to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, or change unhelpful patterns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy, or EFT, helps people notice and name emotions, strengthen emotional bonds, and improve how they respond in close relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Matthew will collaborate with each person to choose which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Sessions may combine listening, skill teaching, and emotion-focused work so the plan can change over time as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, follow up between meetings, and use the format that feels most comfortable. Working online lets licensed professionals provide consistent, regular care without a commute, which helps maintain momentum toward goals.
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.
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.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
Attends to the emotions underneath a recurring argument or distance, and to the attachment needs driving them. Often used where a relationship keeps returning to the same painful loop.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
Also works with
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
Next step
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- Stop at any point