About Matthew
Matthew English is a licensed clinical social worker with eight years of practice. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and the effects of trauma and abuse. He also supports people exploring sexuality, self-esteem, and questions about life purpose and identity.
He draws on somatic work and breath-centered practices alongside talk therapy. Sessions often include noticing physical sensations and simple grounding strategies. This helps people understand how their body and mind react during stress and find concrete ways to settle those reactions.
Background and approach
Matthew uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people clarify values and shift unhelpful thinking. He mixes these with client-centered listening so people feel heard and understood. He also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotion regulation when that is useful.
His style is down-to-earth and collaborative. He offers some practical exercises to try between sessions and reviews how they went together. The aim is to help people build small, steady changes that fit their daily life.
Sessions are offered in English from Illinois. Matthew holds an LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker. He combines movement-informed awareness with traditional talk therapy to support lasting change.
How somatic and evidence-based methods work online
Somatic work helps people notice how emotions show up in the body. In online sessions this can mean guided attention to breath, posture, or tension to help reduce reactivity. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on identifying what matters most and taking small actions toward those values despite difficult thoughts. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behavior to build practical skills for anxiety and mood concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Matthew will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. He checks in about what feels useful and adjusts plans together so therapy stays relevant and practical.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives, practice skills between meetings, and keep continuity when schedules change. Licensed professionals can guide somatic practices and teach ACT and CBT skills effectively through these remote formats.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English