Matthew Bridge
Calm, practical support tailored to you
About Matthew
Matthew Bridge is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience. He works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression and relationship or family difficulties. He also supports those dealing with loss, addiction, trauma, or issues around intimacy and self‑esteem.
He approaches sessions with respect, sensitivity and compassion. Matthew aims to tailor conversations and a plan to each person's specific needs. He listens first and shapes the work around what feels most useful for the individual.
Background and approach
Matthew has particular experience supporting people with LGBT concerns, parenting challenges, eating and sleeping difficulties, and ADHD related struggles. He also addresses a wide range of other concerns such as career changes, caregiver strain, chronic illness, body image and communication problems. Sessions can cover practical coping skills, ways to manage overwhelming feelings, and steps to repair communication or rebuild routines.
He focuses on what can be tried between sessions as well as what is talked about in the room. Matthew accepts international clients and offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text‑based messaging. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and appointments are scheduled according to availability.
What Matthew works with
Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Matthew uses evidence‑based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and clearer understanding. One common approach involves learning coping skills to manage stress and anxiety, such as breathing, activity planning and breaking problems into smaller steps. These techniques are useful for everyday worries, panic and persistent low mood.Another strand of his work concentrates on relationship and attachment difficulties. This involves looking at patterns of communication and behaviour, and trying small, testable changes to improve how people connect and relate. That approach helps with intimacy concerns, commitment issues and repairing communication problems.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. He will work with each person to identify goals and try methods that feel like a good fit. If something does not help, they will adjust the plan together until it does.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for this kind of work. Video calls let people talk face to face when travel is difficult. Phone sessions can be useful when internet bandwidth is limited or a shorter check in is needed. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to keep momentum between sessions and to fit therapy into a busy day.
| 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
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- 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
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
