Matthew Manz, LMHC

Matthew Manz is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship strain. He focuses on practical steps that make daily life feel more manageable. He works with people dealing with midlife change, career pressure, parenting challenges, grief, and issues around intimacy and self-worth.

Matthew uses a straightforward, empathetic style. Sessions are meant to be a place to talk through upsetting patterns, test new ways of responding, and set small goals that fit real life. He pays attention to how past family experiences show up now and to problems with control, communication, and codependency.

Over six years of practice, Matthew has guided people through divorce and separation, workplace problems, and shifts in identity that come with major life changes. He draws on client-centered approaches to follow each person's priorities, and on cognitive behavioral tools to change unhelpful thinking and behavior.

Narrative therapy helps him and the person reshape self-stories that feel stuck or shaming. He combines these approaches to tailor work to what a person wants to change and what they can realistically try between sessions.

People can expect a respectful, nonjudgmental process focused on clear steps and real-world coping. Matthew invites clients to identify practical goals and to test small changes that lead to new ways of living and relating.

How his approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy centers on the person and their priorities. The therapist listens closely and follows what matters most to the client, which helps when sorting through life changes, relationships, or parenting stress.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It is practical and goal oriented, useful for anxiety, low mood, workplace stress, and problems with control or anger.

Narrative Therapy looks at the stories people tell about themselves. By noticing and reshaping those stories, people can reduce shame or guilt and try different ways of being in relationships and at work.

Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. Matthew will work with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences, and he adjusts the plan as progress is made.

Confirm the session formats before booking since specific formats are not listed in the profile. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is tight, and reduce travel time so people can attend from wherever they are located. Working online can also simplify scheduling across time zones for international clients.