Matthew Menard is a licensed professional counselor in Pennsylvania with 12 years of clinical experience.
01About Matthew
Matthew Menard is a licensed professional counselor in Pennsylvania with 12 years of clinical experience. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. He also supports those coping with trauma, parenting challenges, grief, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem.
Matthew uses straightforward conversation to learn what matters to each person. He adapts the approach to fit the problem and the person's preferences. Sessions aim to identify small, practical steps clients can try between meetings.
Background and approach
He draws on several evidence-informed methods, including acceptance and commitment ideas, cognitive behavioral techniques, and skills from dialectical behavior approaches. Attachment-based and client-centered perspectives guide how he builds trust and explores relationship patterns. People meet with him to address a wide range of issues such as ADHD, career stress, caregiver fatigue, chronic health concerns, body image, and complicated grief.
He also works with people navigating identity and LGBT-related questions and supports those dealing with adoption, abandonment, or blended family stress. Matthew describes his role as supportive and empowering. He listens without judgment and helps clients set realistic goals.
From there he tailors discussions and plans to each person's needs so change feels manageable.
02Credentials
- LPC (Pennsylvania)
- License PC008925 · expires February 2027
- NPI
- 1942727706 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Matthew lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Methods Matthew names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
These are the methods Matthew names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Matthew often uses acceptance and commitment therapy to help people notice what matters most and take small steps toward those values. ACT focuses on accepting difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that match a person's goals, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions.He also applies cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try practical experiments. CBT breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions so clients can test new behaviors and see change over time. Attachment-based ideas are woven into sessions to understand how early relationship patterns affect current struggles and closeness with others.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. That process may shift as therapy progresses so techniques remain useful and relevant.
Online formats offer real flexibility. Video calls let conversations feel most like in-person sessions, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for brief check-ins, and live chat or text messaging can support ongoing coaching between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep consistent momentum toward the changes someone wants.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does this counselor address?
He helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, grief, and self-esteem problems.
What approach does he use in sessions?
Sessions combine client-centered listening with practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment ideas, and skills from dialectical behavior work.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He has 12 years of professional work experience supporting people with a wide range of concerns.
What credentials and region are listed?
He is a licensed professional counselor, LPC, practicing in Pennsylvania.
Which languages and international access are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and he accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
People can meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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