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Matthew Digges

Matthew Digges

LPCC · Ohio

Compassionate counselor for life transitions

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  • Affirming supportive care
  • Practical coping skills
  • Focus on personal goals

About Matthew

Matthew Digges is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) with 11 years of experience helping people navigate hard emotional moments. He works with adults who are coping with anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, identity questions, and relationship strain. He aims to create an affirming space where people can feel heard and make practical changes.

He focuses on clear, doable steps tailored to each person. Sessions often include talking through immediate problems, building coping skills, and tracking small changes that matter day to day. Matthew emphasizes collaboration - you decide the goals and pace while he offers guidance and structure.

His background covers a wide range of issues including self-esteem, addictions, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. There is also attention to adoption and foster care topics among other focused areas. He brings experience with both mood and behavior concerns, such as bipolar challenges, sleep and eating problems, and career stress.

Matthew uses several clinical approaches to match a person's needs, including cognitive behavioral ideas, acceptance-based methods, attachment-focused work, client-centered listening, and skills from dialectical behavior therapy. He blends these to fit what a person finds most helpful rather than pushing one method.

If you want straightforward support for coping with life changes, improving how you relate to others, or working through past hurts, Matthew aims to help you build tools and confidence. To begin, follow the site process to match and schedule a first session.

How Matthew blends approaches for online work

Matthew draws on acceptance and commitment therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to help people change how they respond to thoughts and feelings and to build practical skills. Acceptance and commitment therapy focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and choosing actions that match your values, which can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with life transitions. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and uses structured exercises to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. He collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and what feels most useful in sessions. That decision can shift over time as progress and priorities evolve.

The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce commute time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also makes it simpler to continue care during life transitions or when in-person visits are difficult to arrange.

Areas of expertise

Also works with

AddictionsRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaTraumatic brain injuryVisually impairedWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Existential TherapyGottman MethodImago Relationship TherapyJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family SystemsSystemic Therapy

Experience

11+ years

Credentials

Ohio

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Matthew address?

He works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, ADHD, and related life changes. Adoption and foster care topics are also listed among his focus areas.

What is his general therapeutic style?

His style is collaborative and affirming. He listens, helps set goals, and uses practical steps to build coping skills and resilience.

How much experience does he have?

He has 11 years of clinical experience working with a range of emotional and behavioral concerns.

What credentials and location are listed?

He is an LPCC - licensed professional clinical counselor - practicing in Ohio.

Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking so you know whether sessions are online, in person, or by phone.

How is cost handled for sessions?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with him?

Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

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