Matthew Pearce, LCSW

Matthew Pearce is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Florida who helps people facing family conflict, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, stress, and addiction concerns. He also supports people dealing with relationship and anger issues and those coping with major life changes. Matthew frames therapy as a collaborative effort and encourages small steps toward clearer goals.

Matthew brings six years of direct therapy experience and additional background from prior social work roles. He uses straightforward, practical methods in sessions and focuses on building plans people can follow between meetings. He often helps clients create life maps, set future goals, and find motivation to change behaviors.

His work includes approaches such as Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and Mindfulness Therapy. In sessions he emphasizes strengths, clarifies values, and tries to match techniques to what fits each person best.

Matthew has worked with parents and young adults and has experience applying parenting frameworks like Conscious Discipline. He views clients as experts on their own stories and aims to make the process readable and manageable for people who are worried or overwhelmed.

If you are weighing the decision to start therapy, he encourages trying a first step and seeing how the fit feels. To begin, follow the service's start process and schedule a time that works with your life.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters to the person. In practice this means the therapist follows the client's lead, helps them name goals, and supports their strengths. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through concrete exercises and homework. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Matthew will discuss different methods and make decisions together based on a person's needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative step helps tailor the pace and tools used in sessions so they feel useful and relevant.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the current session options before booking so you know what formats are offered. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and reduce travel time to appointments. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT and Client-Centered exercises for virtual meetings so people can practice skills between sessions and track progress over time.