About me
I am a clinical mental health counselor licensed in Utah and South Carolina with over 15 years of experience working in mental health with teens. I have worked with teens and children with a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, relationship issues, and ADHD. I also helped many teens who have experienced physical trauma or emotional abuse as well as early childhood attachment issues.
My counseling style is warm and interactive, but also very playful and encouraging. I believe in treating anyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion, and I don't believe in stigmatizing labels. My approach combines CBT, DBT, play therapy, humanistic, psychoanalytic and art. I will adjust and modify the treatment dialog to your unique and special needs.
It takes courage to seek for a more fulfilling and happier life and to take the first steps towards a change. If you are ready to take that step I am here to support and empower you.
Thank you and I look forward to working with you!
Specialties
- Family conflicts
- Trauma, Abuse
- Anger management
- Self esteem, Motivation
- Coping with life changes
Stress, Anxiety , Addictions , Grief , Parenting issues , Career difficulties , Bipolar disorder , Depression , Compassion fatigue , ADHD , Abandonment , Adoption and Foster Care , Attachment issues , Autism and Asperger Syndrome , Read more...
Clinical approaches:
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Jungian Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
Years of Experience: 8
Services offered
Messaging
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Phone
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Licensing
SC LPC 7526
UT LCMHC 7794891-6004
GA LPC LPC013342
Reviews
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Matthew Kiefer. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with Teen Counseling might be different.
Matthew has been a great resource to turn to. He helps me process my feelings, and assists in helping me developing coping strategies to better deal with situations that arise in my everyday life.
He is great at listening and provides non-judgmental feedback that has proven to be very helpful to me, and I would definitely recommend the service he offers.
Matt is amazing
Matt has been such a fantastic resource in my life. He listens and provides guidance and perspective that challenge my own thought patterns. I am so grateful to have been matched with him as a counselor. I truly value the therapeutic relationship we have developed.
Matthews been really great to work with. I felt like I had poured all of my feelings and problems the first few weeks and he’s been really great at suggesting the right things to say or making me feel like I’m not alone and I can take care of myself the way I need to. It’s been really comfortable for me to just talk to him because he’s been very supportive and doesn’t make me feel like I’m in the wrong or I’m doing nothing right. It’s been a really good start for me to get where I want to be.
Matt is both empathetic and a good listener. He is truly the best therapist I’ve ever had!
We have only been working with Matt for a short time but we are very happy with him and I have noticed a positive difference in my daughter already and he has helped me to be more aware of things that I can do on my end to help her.