Matthew Pitman
Practical psychotherapy focused on meaning and choices
About Matthew
Matthew Pitman is a psychotherapist with ten years of experience helping people who feel overwhelmed by life. He works with adults who struggle with stress, anxiety, trauma, grief and self-esteem. He also supports people facing major life changes and those wrestling with issues like abandonment, codependency and relationship problems.
Matthew keeps sessions straightforward and talk-based. He helps clients make sense of painful experiences and of repeated patterns that cause distress.
Background and approach
Conversations aim to reduce shame and to create clearer choices about how to move forward. His approach draws on Existential Therapy, which focuses on meaning, responsibility and the practical choices people make in daily life. He will listen for how values, fear and connection shape what feels possible for each person.
Sessions may explore past hurt such as childhood abuse or domestic violence when it is relevant to current problems. Matthew also addresses dissociation, guilt and issues around fatherhood and men’s concerns in a direct, practical way. Therapy with him is presented as a collaboration.
He helps clients name what matters, try small changes and reflect on what works. The aim is clearer thinking, steadier coping and more confidence in making decisions. People meet with him by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging depending on what suits them.
He works in the United Kingdom and conducts sessions in English.
What Matthew works with
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Sessions & fees
Existential approaches and online therapy options
Existential Therapy looks at how people find meaning and face big life questions. It helps when anxiety, grief or a sense of emptiness make decisions feel difficult. Sessions focus on what matters to the person and on practical choices they can make day to day.Matthew uses conversational, reflective work to help clients notice patterns and test small changes. He will work with each person to agree which ideas and exercises might help. Deciding on the right approach is a joint process based on the client's goals and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging. Video is useful for a full face-to-face conversation, while phone sessions suit people with limited bandwidth or who prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging are helpful for shorter check-ins, flexible scheduling and keeping momentum between longer sessions. These options make therapy easier to fit around work, family and daily life, and allow people to choose the way of communicating that feels most comfortable.
| 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
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- Abandonment
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
