- Years in practice
- 3
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- LGBT
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Matthew
Matthew Bridge is a counsellor with three years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. He works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression and addiction. He also supports those dealing with relationship and family difficulties, parenting worries, and issues linked to identity and intimacy.
Matthew aims to treat people with respect, sensitivity and compassion. He adapts how he talks and plans work to match each person's needs. Conversations are practical and focused on what the person wants to change.
Background and approach
In sessions he helps people untangle communication problems, manage anger, cope with grief, and address sleeping or eating difficulties. He also offers support for career stress, compassion fatigue and managing life changes such as adoption or caregiving responsibilities. Matthew is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
He offers sessions in English and welcomes international clients who can join from other countries. Work is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text messaging. The service uses a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time, and session cost varies by location and therapist availability.
What Matthew works with
Everything Matthew lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Matthew helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- 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
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- 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
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
How therapy methods adapt to online sessions
Two common evidence-based techniques Matthew uses are focused problem-solving and relational work. Focused problem-solving breaks down immediate challenges into small steps and practical actions; it can help with stress, anxiety, sleep and daily routines. Relational work looks at communication and connection patterns and helps people shift how they interact with important others, which can be useful for relationship or parenting concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Matthew will work with each person to decide which methods suit their goals and preferences. He treats this as a collaborative process and adjusts plans as progress is made or priorities change.
Online sessions offer practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that helps. Phone sessions can be quicker check-ins or a better fit when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging suit people who prefer writing, need brief updates, or want flexible timing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep continuity across different locations and schedules.
Questions people ask about Matthew
What kinds of concerns does Matthew help with?
He helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, relationship and family difficulties, parenting worries, grief, intimacy issues and many related concerns.
How would you describe his approach in sessions?
He focuses on respectful, sensitive and compassionate conversation and tailors the plan to each person's needs. Sessions tend to be practical and aim to address the issues people bring.
What experience does he have?
He has three years of professional counselling experience working in the United Kingdom with a range of emotional and relational concerns.
What credentials and location are associated with his practice?
He is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and Matthew accepts international clients who can join from other countries.
What session formats are available?
Work can be carried out by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How does payment and cost work?
Session cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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