Matthew Russell
Supportive counselor blending practical strategies and empathy
LPC Alabama
- Experience
- 7 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Matthew
Matthew Russell is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, and mood concerns. He centers his work on the client's present-day experience, aiming to identify practical steps that move someone toward clearer functioning and a more fulfilling life.
Background and approach
With seven years of clinical experience in addiction and mental health settings, he brings a calm, encouraging orientation to therapy and supports clients dealing with issues like depression, grief, anger, ADHD, and self-esteem concerns. His practice blends client-centered principles with cognitive behavioral techniques when clients want to address specific barriers to their goals.
That combination allows exploration of personal values and strengths alongside concrete strategies to shift thoughts and behaviors. Matthew describes counseling as a collaborative process that begins with the realities of day-to-day life and builds toward sustainable change.
He finds it rewarding to witness people learn new ways of coping, clarify life purpose, and lessen the impact of co-occurring challenges such as substance use, shame, or social anxiety.
Practical approaches for online change
Matthew often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help clients identify unhelpful thinking patterns and learn concrete skills to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change behaviors that maintain difficulties. CBT is action-oriented and useful when someone wants targeted tools to address symptoms or specific obstacles.He also draws on client-centered therapy, which prioritizes the client’s perspective and innate capacity for growth by providing empathy, respect, and collaborative goal-setting. This approach helps people explore values, build self-acceptance, and shape therapy around what matters most to them.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. He approaches treatment collaboratively, reviewing goals and preferences together and adjusting techniques as progress unfolds so that the plan fits the client's needs and comfort level.
Online therapy with him is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and communication styles. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care around work, family, or mobility constraints while still accessing licensed professionals and a structured approach to change.
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Experience
7+ years
Licensed
Alabama
Languages
English