Matthew Kiefer, LPC, LCPC
Licensed in South Carolina · 11 years in practice
Matthew Kiefer is a licensed counselor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, and trauma.
License and registration
- LPC, South Carolina
- 7526 · expires August 2027
- LCMHC, Utah
- 7794891-6004 · expires September 2026
- LPC, Georgia
- LPC013342 · expires September 2026
- LCPC, Idaho
- 7371854 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1124416078 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 11
- Languages
- English
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About Matthew
Matthew Kiefer is a licensed counselor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, and trauma. He writes and speaks plainly, and aims to make sessions feel approachable and encouraging. He holds LPC and LCPC credentials and practices from Utah.
In sessions he uses clear, active conversations rather than long lectures. He draws on methods from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to teach coping skills and calmer ways to respond.
Background and approach
Attachment-based ideas guide work when early relationships affect current behavior. Matthew keeps a warm, interactive tone and often brings a playful touch when it helps someone engage. He avoids stigmatizing labels and focuses on each person’s real-life goals.
Treatment is adjusted to what a person needs and how they prefer to work. He has over a decade of experience in counseling and youth mentoring, which informs his practical approach to problems like grief, addiction, bipolar symptoms, and ADHD-related struggles. He also supports people coping with abuse, attachment disruptions, and difficult family transitions.
Sessions aim to build tools for everyday life: managing strong emotions, improving communication, or navigating big changes like separation or caregiving stress. Matthew encourages small, steady steps and partners with people as they try new strategies. People who value straightforward guidance, skill-building, and a respectful, compassionate clinician may find his style helpful.
He works in English and provides services from Utah.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Matthew lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Matthew names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approach and online options for skill building
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on clarifying values and taking small, meaningful steps toward them while learning to notice difficult thoughts without getting stuck. It can help with anxiety, depression, and life changes by shifting attention to what matters most.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns influence current reactions and connections. It can be useful when abandonment, adoption, or attachment issues affect trust, communication, or parenting.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete strategies to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, anger, and coping with stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That shared planning means techniques can change over time as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and practice skills in real time. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a short break. Live chat and text make quick check-ins and brief coaching possible between longer sessions. These options help people keep continuity of care while balancing work, family, and other commitments.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does he help with?
He works with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, stress, and parenting challenges.
What is his therapeutic style like?
His approach is warm, interactive, and often playful when helpful. He emphasizes practical skills from CBT and DBT alongside attachment-informed work.
How long has he been practicing?
He has eleven years of experience in counseling and prior work as a youth mentor that shapes his practical, real-world focus.
What credentials and region does he have?
He holds LPC and LCPC credentials and practices from Utah, with licensure details recorded as SC LPC and ID LCPC in his profile materials.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English. He is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
He meets by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication needs.
How is cost handled?
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