About Matthew
Matthew "Matt" Daues is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood shifts, and attention challenges like ADHD. He keeps a calm, down-to-earth manner in sessions and focuses on clear, practical steps people can use right away.
Matt works with adults who are coping with life changes, career questions, relationship strain, sleep problems, grief, and compassion fatigue. He also supports concerns such as obsessive thoughts, panic attacks, phobias, and issues with self-esteem and purpose.
Background and approach
Matt brings 25 years of practice to his work and is licensed in Missouri and California as an LCSW, with earlier practice as a CSW. He takes a whole-person approach and pays attention to emotional, physical, and life-context factors that affect wellbeing. Sessions are aimed at helping people set realistic goals and make choices that fit their life.
His style is collaborative and relaxed. He listens first, then helps clients identify small, manageable changes. He uses exercises such as mindfulness and brief behavioral techniques during sessions when helpful.
Matt draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ideas to help people notice thoughts and choose actions that match their values. He also uses Motivational Interviewing to support readiness for change and Solution-Focused ideas to build on what already works.
People who want straightforward guidance with breathing and meditation practices, practical problem solving, and value-driven goal setting may find his approach useful. Sessions emphasize simple skills you can try between meetings and steady progress over time.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice their thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match what matters most. It is often useful for anxiety, low mood, and when life changes make decision-making hard. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches simple tools to shift unhelpful patterns; it can help with anxiety, panic, obsessions, and sleep problems. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening with empathy and supporting each person's own goals and values, which can help people feel heard and build confidence.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about needs, goals, and preferences and then use techniques from these approaches in a collaborative way. That means trying skills, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together as progress or challenges appear.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people keep face-to-face conversation from anywhere, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be used for shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, and other daily demands while still focusing on skills, mindfulness exercises, and goal progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Missouri, California, Colorado
- Languages
- English
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