Mathew Roderick
Understanding practical help for stress and anxiety
About Mathew
Mathew Roderick uses a mix of evidence-informed approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety, low mood and problems with eating. He writes simply and listens closely to understand what is most pressing for each person. Mathew aims to make first steps feel manageable for a worried parent or someone stretched thin by work and life demands.
He combines Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Motivational Interviewing and psychodynamic ideas to tailor sessions. That means practical strategies to reduce overwhelming thoughts alongside conversations that look at long-standing patterns.
Background and approach
Sessions often focus on changing unhelpful habits, building confidence and improving sleep and appetite where those are affected. Mathew has six years of professional experience in the United Kingdom and holds BACP accreditation. He draws on that background when supporting people with addictions, trauma and grief.
He also offers help for concerns such as body image, obsessive behaviours and sexual assault recovery. People come for help with work stress, career choices and money worries as well as relationship and intimacy-related issues. Mathew can also support those struggling with avoidance, phobias or social anxiety.
His approach blends short-term goals with attention to deeper causes of distress. Sessions are offered in English and Mathew works with international clients. He uses a straightforward, non-judgemental style and focuses on clear next steps so progress can feel visible between meetings.
What Mathew works with
How Mathew works
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Listed by Mathew among the ways they work.
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Sessions & fees
How Mathew’s approaches work online
Mathew commonly uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Motivational Interviewing when working remotely. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, which can reduce anxiety and improve sleep and eating patterns. Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change and increases motivation for issues like addiction or lifestyle shifts.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Mathew will discuss goals and preferences, and then suggest a mix of methods that fit the person's needs. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as therapy progresses.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let sessions feel more like face-to-face meetings and suit deeper therapeutic conversations. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for shorter updates, practical coaching between sessions or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy around family life, work shifts or travel commitments and help people stay consistent with their progress.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Eating disorders
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Control issues
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- HIV / AIDS
- Intimacy-related issues
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
