About Matthew
Matthew A Lambeth is a licensed clinical mental health counselor (LCMHC) based in North Carolina with 18 years of professional experience. He focuses on helping people who are stressed, anxious, struggling with addictions, or wrestling with low self-esteem. He aims to meet each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion.
He adapts conversations and plans to fit individual needs rather than using a single approach for everyone. Sessions often combine practical skills and talk therapy to help with motivation, confidence, and day-to-day coping.
Background and approach
Matthew encourages small, manageable changes so progress feels realistic and sustainable. Many people come for help after big life changes, grief, or ongoing mood concerns such as depression or bipolar disorder. He also supports those facing career stress, sleep problems, anger, or compassion fatigue.
ADHD is listed among his areas of focus and may be part of the work when relevant to a person's goals. Matthew uses a mix of therapeutic ideas to guide sessions. He draws on client-centered listening to make space for what matters to each person.
He also uses cognitive behavioral ideas to help identify unhelpful thinking and daily routines that get in the way. He welcomes direct conversation about goals and timelines and works collaboratively to set priorities. The emphasis is on practical, doable steps that fit into a person's life.
People who want straightforward, down-to-earth support for concrete problems often find this approach helpful.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and following the person's priorities. In practice this means sessions focus on what matters to the individual and the therapist reflects and clarifies to deepen understanding. This approach helps when someone needs a calm space to sort out goals and values.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. Online CBT sessions often include short exercises, homework, and straightforward tools to try between meetings to improve mood, anxiety, or sleep.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Matthew will discuss options and adjust methods based on a person's needs, goals, and preferences. That makes the process collaborative and tailored rather than fixed from the start.
Online formats offer flexibility for different rhythms of life. Video calls let people read nonverbal cues and work in depth. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief updates, tracking progress, or staying connected between longer sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, school, or family schedules without requiring travel.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Phobias
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Sex addiction
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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