Matthew Menard, LPC

Matthew Menard is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Pennsylvania with 12 years of experience. He focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, and intimacy-related issues. He approaches people with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. He adapts conversations and plans to fit each person’s situation. Sessions are aimed at clarifying goals, building skills, and changing patterns that get in the way of day-to-day life. He also supports people facing grief, mood changes, ADHD, and career stress. Matthew uses several evidence-informed approaches, including acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-based perspectives, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral techniques, and dialectical behavior tools. Those methods are used to help people manage difficult emotions, improve relationships, and develop new coping strategies. Over a dozen years, he has worked with people navigating body image, caregiving strain, chronic illness, codependency, and kink-affirming concerns among other areas. He combines practical skill-building with attention to a person’s history and current priorities. Change often starts with a small step. Matthew aims to support and empower people as they try different approaches, track progress, and adjust plans so therapy fits real life.

Background and approach continues below: Matthew draws on relational and behavioral techniques to help people notice what matters most and take workable steps toward those values. He spends time learning what each person wants to achieve and then teaches specific skills to reduce overwhelm, manage strong feelings, and improve communication. His style is collaborative and down-to-earth, focusing on problems people bring to sessions and practical ways to address them. He encourages ongoing feedback so plans evolve with changing needs and circumstances.

How his approaches guide online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It can help with anxiety, avoidance, and finding direction when life feels confusing.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current ways of connecting. It can help people who struggle with trust, fear of abandonment, or repeating old patterns in relationships. Client-Centered Therapy puts the person’s experience at the center, using empathic listening and acceptance to help people explore what matters and decide on next steps.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Matthew works collaboratively to identify goals and pick methods that fit a person’s needs and preferences. He adapts the plan over time, checking in about what’s helping and what should change.

The practical benefits of online therapy can include fitting sessions into a busy schedule, easier access when travel is difficult, and quicker check-ins between obligations. The biography does not list specific session formats here, so confirm the available options before booking. A conversation about scheduling and format will help shape therapy to match everyday life and commitments.