Matt Thomas

Sometimes we can benefit from talking to someone who is not a friend or family member to help us declutter and understand things better. I provide a safe space to help with this. I am always non-judgmental and will be in your corner, seeing things from your perspective as far as possible. I have wide experience working with low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, autism/ADHD related issues, work related stress and family issues. Other problems I have successfully worked with include self-harm and suicidal thoughts, porn addiction, trauma and substance misuse. The main thing I am trying to do is to help you understand things a little better. I do this by helping you to think differently, and at times challenging your existing behaviours, beliefs and perceptions. I have successfully worked with clients on issues around anxiety, self-worth and not feeling good enough. I did this by helping my clients to both explore difficult feelings, and to see perceived failures and weaknesses as examples of resilience and achievements. I have worked with trauma with different clients by helping them see how the trauma effects them now, and also guiding them through past incidents and previously buried feelings. I have helped clients through work related issues and family problems by being in their corner and helping them see their feelings are absolutely valid. I can also help to change patterns of behaviour. Recently I have worked a lot with clients with an autism diagnosis on issues related to self-acceptance, rigidity of thinking and boundaries. I am particularly interested in working with issues related to substance misuse, LGBTQIA+, identity, discrimination and race. I also have specialist training in working with young people aged 13+ . I completed CPD on working with Gender in Counselling in July 2025. My pronouns are he/him. I offer an initial online consultation, usually this takes about 20 minutes, at no charge (via Google Meets) to give you a chance to ask any questions you may have, and to allow us to get to know eachother a little. A little about me personally would be I love music, paricularly hip hop and dance music, most sports, reading classic and historic literature or anything with an international element. I also love to travel - I'm currently nearing 60 countries visited I think. I'm a keen runner as well and have completed 5 marathons, amongst other races, most recently in Paris in April 2025.