Matthew Costello
Person-centred counsellor offering practical support
About Matthew
Matthew Costello works from a person-centred approach and focuses on helping people find clearer ways forward. He is registered with the BACP, which means he follows professional standards for counselling and psychotherapy. Matthew keeps sessions straightforward and warm so people can talk about what matters most to them.
He has three years of clinical experience supporting people through stress, anxiety and depression. He also helps clients with addiction concerns, ADHD, grief, trauma and relationship issues.
Background and approach
Matthew pays attention to practical challenges such as sleeping problems, eating concerns, panic attacks and anger so conversations link to everyday life. The therapist supports people dealing with parenting strain, fatherhood questions and divorce and separation matters. He also works with concerns around body image, self-esteem, communication problems and isolation.
Career worries, life transitions and midlife reassessment are part of his regular caseload. Sessions aim to be collaborative and paced to the individual. Matthew uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and adapts them to each person’s needs.
He draws on his own life experience alongside professional practice to offer straightforward guidance and emotional support. Matthew provides online sessions by video, phone, live chat or text messaging. He works in English and operates from the United Kingdom, using a subscription model so sessions can be scheduled and managed flexibly.
What Matthew works with
Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions that fit your life
Matthew uses person-centred work and other evidence-based therapeutic techniques in straightforward ways. Person-centred counselling focuses on understanding your experience and building a trusting relationship so you feel heard and respected. It helps when people want a supportive space to talk through feelings and decisions.He also uses practical, evidence-informed methods to address symptoms like panic, anxiety, sleep or eating problems. These approaches break issues into manageable steps and offer techniques you can try between sessions to notice small improvements and build coping skills.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Matthew will talk with you about your goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together you will decide which techniques to try and adjust them as you go so therapy stays relevant to your needs.
Online therapy is offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to make sessions flexible. Video works well for deeper conversations, phone can fit a shorter check-in or lower bandwidth situations, and messaging lets you keep in touch between appointments. These options let people fit therapy around work, family and everyday routines while still accessing support from UK-based registered professionals.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| 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
- Addictions
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English