Micki Matthews , LPC

Micki Matthews is a licensed professional counselor with a master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy and a decade of clinical experience supporting adolescents, individuals, and families. She takes a person-centered approach that emphasizes collaboration and respect for each person's goals, helping clients reduce unhelpful symptoms and replace maladaptive patterns with healthier habits. Micki integrates mindfulness practices to ease anxiety and to create space for reframing intrusive or negative thoughts, while also drawing on trauma-informed methods to address complex histories of abuse and loss.

Known for offering practical coping strategies and creative interventions, she works alongside clients to identify what matters most and to move toward a fuller life. Her training includes certifications in multiple evidence-based practices, and she applies these tools flexibly to issues such as stress, relationship and family concerns, self-esteem, grief, parenting challenges, and compassion fatigue. Micki also addresses concerns related to LGBT identity, women's issues, life purpose, and young adult transitions.

As an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - she combines clinical knowledge with an empathetic, strengths-based stance to support lasting change. Micki aims to create a nurturing therapeutic environment where clients can clarify priorities, build resilience, and progress toward their personal and relational goals.

Therapeutic approaches for online growth and support

Micki Matthews draws on client-centered therapy, which places the client's needs and goals at the center of the process and emphasizes empathy, active listening, and collaboration to promote self-awareness and personal growth. This approach is helpful for people facing relationship challenges, self-esteem concerns, or life transitions.

She also integrates mindfulness therapy techniques to help clients notice and manage anxious thoughts and strong emotions through simple present-moment practices. Mindfulness can be useful for reducing reactivity and creating space for more intentional choices in daily life.

As a trauma-informed practitioner, Micki incorporates trauma-focused ideas when needed to address the effects of past harm and to support healing at a pace that feels safe and manageable.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Micki works collaboratively with clients to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Licensed professionals can tailor interventions over time as priorities shift.

Online therapy with Micki is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules. These options increase flexibility and accessibility, allowing people to engage in therapy from locations that work best for them while maintaining continuity of care with a trained therapist.