Now accepting clients in person and online
When holding it together is wearing you down
You may be the person others depend on—the one who keeps going, handles what needs to be handled, and rarely lets people see how difficult things have become. But carrying everything alone can eventually take a toll.
Perhaps staying busy, thinking harder, keeping your feelings contained, or trying to solve everything on your own used to help. But sometimes the way you’ve always handled things stops working. Now those same strategies may leave you feeling anxious, exhausted, disconnected, or stuck.
You might be:
- Analyzing everything while your body remains tense or on alert
- Holding in emotions until they come out as anger, withdrawal, or exhaustion
- Repeating relationship patterns you recognize but cannot seem to change
- Carrying the effects of trauma or painful experiences from your past
- Feeling disconnected from yourself or the people who matter to you
- Struggling with grief, a major transition, or questions about identity or faith
You don’t have to be falling apart to benefit from therapy. You also don’t need to know exactly what is wrong or have the right words to explain it. We can start with what feels hardest right now.
Therapy provides a safe place to be honest about what isn’t working
I provide individual counseling for adults age 18 and older. I work especially well with thoughtful, self-aware people who want more than quick advice or a temporary solution.
I commonly help people with:
- Anxiety, stress, and emotional overwhelm
- Trauma and painful past experiences
- Relationship difficulties, boundaries, and codependency
- Men’s issues and difficulty expressing vulnerability
- Life transitions and questions about identity or direction
- Grief, depression, shame, and diminished hope
- Faith struggles and church-related wounds
These concerns rarely exist in isolation. Anxiety may be connected to earlier experiences. Relationship problems may involve protective patterns that developed long ago. A difficult transition may bring deeper questions about meaning, identity, or faith to the surface.
Therapy gives us room to understand these connections without reducing you to a diagnosis or treating you like a problem that needs to be fixed. Together, we can work toward greater steadiness, self-trust, connection, and freedom.
In-person therapy in Bellingham and online throughout Washington
I offer:
- A 15 minute initial phone call to see if I am a good fit for you
- In-person counseling in Bellingham
- Secure online therapy throughout Washington State
- Premera Blue Cross, LifeWise, and UnitedHealthcare insurance
- Private-pay sessions at $185 each session
Reaching out doesn’t commit you to therapy. Send me a brief message about what you’re looking for, and I’ll let you know about my availability, your insurance coverage, and how to schedule an initial appointment.
Meet Matt
I’m a licensed mental health counselor with more than 15 years of experience. I work especially well with reflective, emotionally aware people who want more than quick advice or a temporary solution.
I offer steady presence, thoughtful guidance, and a relationship where you can be honest about the complicated parts of your life. I won’t rush your process or shrink from your pain. I will also help you recognize the strength, resilience, humor, and capacity for joy that can be difficult to see when you are struggling.
Faith is welcome in our work if it matters to you. You can bring belief, doubt, anger, hope, or church-related pain into therapy without being pushed toward easy spiritual answers. Clients of all faith backgrounds, as well as clients who do not identify as religious, are equally welcome.
In-person therapy in Bellingham and online throughout Washington
I offer:
- A 15 minute initial phone call to see if I am a good fit for you
- In-person counseling in Bellingham
- Secure online therapy throughout Washington State
- Premera Blue Cross, LifeWise, and UnitedHealthcare insurance
- Private-pay sessions at $185 each session
Reaching out doesn’t commit you to therapy. Send me a brief message about what you’re looking for, and I’ll let you know about my availability, your insurance coverage, and how to schedule an initial appointment.
