About Matthew
Matthew Paulus is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in Florida. He has six years of clinical experience helping people handle stress, anger, and big life transitions. He offers straightforward support for questions about work, relationships, and self-worth.
Matthew focuses on practical steps people can use right away. He often starts by listening to what matters most, then helps set small, realistic goals. Sessions tend to be direct and action-oriented while staying compassionate and respectful.
Background and approach
Clients commonly come with issues like anxiety, workplace stress, or problems with intimacy and communication. He also works with people dealing with trauma, substance use in the family, or parenting strain. Matthew helps clients untangle patterns such as codependency or isolation and find clearer ways forward.
His toolbox includes cognitive behavioral techniques, client-centered conversation, and solution-focused planning. He uses motivational interviewing to support commitment to change and existential ideas to help people clarify purpose and meaning. These methods are adapted to each person's situation and goals.
People describe him as practical and steady in sessions. He supports clients through career changes, midlife questions, and early adult transitions. Sessions are offered in English and delivered online through several formats to fit busy schedules.
Approach-driven online care for stress and life transitions
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's own goals and experience. The therapist listens closely and follows the client’s lead to build motivation and clarity, which helps when someone feels stuck or unsure about next steps.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going. It teaches clear skills for managing anxiety, anger, and stress and for changing unhelpful habits at work or home.
Solution-focused techniques aim to find small, practical steps toward a better day. These brief, goal-oriented moves are useful for people who want fast, doable changes during busy seasons of life.
Choosing the right approach happens together. The therapist will talk about what feels most useful, try methods that match the client's goals, and adjust over time in a collaborative way.
Online therapy offers flexibility that can fit a packed schedule. Video calls let sessions feel face-to-face, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be good for short check-ins, and text-based messaging helps people reflect between meetings. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent during work changes, school transitions, or family demands.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
Also works with
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English