About Matthew
Matthew Manz helps people who are feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure how to move forward. He meets clients where they are and focuses on practical steps they can use right away. Matthew is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, and he draws on that experience to offer clear guidance and steady support.
He works with people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and relationship strain. Parents and people dealing with family problems, grief, or career strain can bring concrete worries and leave with concrete plans.
Background and approach
Matthew also addresses issues like communication problems, codependency, control struggles, and the emotional fallout from separation and divorce. In sessions he uses a client-centered stance to listen and follow the person’s priorities. He pairs that with cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and build new habits.
Narrative approaches help clients reframe their stories and find different ways to move forward. Matthew keeps things straightforward and goal-focused. Sessions emphasize practical skills, clearer communication, and steps to reduce stress.
He aims to help people notice change quickly and build on small wins. With six years of experience, Matthew offers a calm presence and steady feedback. He welcomes people who want a thoughtful, down-to-earth approach to handling life changes and improving relationships.
Appointments are offered from Iowa and are available in English, including options for international clients by online formats such as video, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
How Matthew’s approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the client’s goals. In practice this means sessions start with what matters most to the person and build from there, useful for relationship issues, grief, and self-esteem work.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking and build coping skills, which helps with anxiety, stress, and mood concerns.
Narrative Therapy helps people separate themselves from their problems by examining the stories they tell about their lives. Rewriting those stories can open up new choices for handling family issues, codependency, and life transitions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Matthew will discuss options with each person and tailor the mix of methods to their goals, needs, and preferences rather than using a single fixed method.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video is useful when visual cues help the work, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text suits quick check-ins or people who prefer typing. These formats increase flexibility for scheduling and let people choose what feels most practical for them.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Iowa
- Languages
- English