Matthew Sheft

Matthew Sheft is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage big life changes and everyday stress. He listens carefully and works with each person to build clearer goals and practical steps forward. He focuses on issues like anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and identity questions using down-to-earth language and straightforward plans. With seven years of experience, Matthew combines several therapeutic approaches to meet individual needs. He commonly uses client-centered methods that prioritize the person’s own goals. He also draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to identify unhelpful thoughts and DBT techniques for emotional regulation. Motivational interviewing helps when someone wants to make lasting change but feels stuck. Sessions aim to be collaborative and goal-focused. Matthew helps clients develop skills for sleep, stress, and managing cravings or compulsive behaviors. He also supports people coping with grief, trauma, parenting stress, and questions about intimacy and sexual identity. Matthew holds LICSW and LCSW credentials and practices in Florida. He emphasizes practical strategies users can try between sessions alongside reflective conversation. He helps people notice patterns, practice new behaviors, and track small victories over time. If someone is weighing therapy for career strain, addiction, or major transitions, Matthew offers a steady, empathetic presence and structured tools. He encourages people to move at a pace that feels manageable while steadily working toward clearer direction and improved daily functioning.

Approaches that translate to online work

Client-centered therapy puts the person’s own goals and experience first. The therapist listens, reflects, and helps clients set steps that feel meaningful. This approach helps with clarity, motivation, and building trust in the therapeutic relationship.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses concrete strategies to test unhelpful beliefs and develop new routines. CBT is often helpful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and managing stress.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness. It includes breathing and grounding techniques, emotion regulation strategies, and tools for handling conflict or strong urges.

Finding the right method is part of the work. Matthew will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then try approaches that fit. That process is collaborative, with room to adjust methods as goals evolve.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the session formats he currently offers before booking, since formats are not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce time spent traveling to appointments. Licensed professionals can use online sessions to practice the same CBT and DBT skills that are helpful in person, adapting exercises and homework so they work over distance.