Matt Givens , LIMFT, LMFT

Matt Givens is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 16 years of clinical experience who helps individuals, couples, and families navigate relationship challenges, trauma, grief, and life transitions. He holds LIMFT and LMFT credentials - both licenses for marriage and family therapy - and brings a practical, strengths-based perspective that emphasizes acceptance, connection, and skill-building. Matt frames counseling as an opportunity to reconnect with personal strengths and repair important relationships, and he aims to create a nonjudgmental space where people can explore change and build more fulfilling lives.

His practice integrates a range of trauma-informed and evidence-based approaches. He is trained in EMDR and uses rapid resolution and accelerated resolution therapies to address lingering reactions after traumatic events. He also employs cognitive behavioral strategies, client-centered techniques, and the Gottman Method for couples work. For children he uses play therapy, and for sexual and pornography addictions he is a certified sexual addictions treatment provider (SATP-C).

Matt works with a broad set of concerns including relationship and family problems, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, stress and anxiety, addictions, parenting and fatherhood issues, self-esteem, career and life purpose, mood disorders, and compassion fatigue. Based in Indiana, he combines practical interventions and collaborative care to help clients manage symptoms, improve communication, and pursue meaningful change.

Therapeutic Approaches and Remote Care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and a collaborative relationship that helps people explore their values and build self-directed change. It supports issues related to self-esteem, life purpose, and decision making by prioritizing the client's perspective and strengths.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a practical, skills-based approach that helps people identify unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and develop more adaptive strategies. CBT is commonly used for anxiety, depression, stress management, and coping with life changes.

The Gottman Method is a structured approach for couples that emphasizes communication skills, managing conflict, and rebuilding trust. It provides concrete tools for partners working through relationship difficulties, intimacy concerns, or infidelity.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey. Matt works collaboratively with clients to assess their needs, goals, and preferences, and then tailors methods so the treatment feels like a good fit rather than a one-size-fits-all solution.

Online therapy offers flexible access to licensed professionals through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, maintain continuity of care during life transitions, and connect from different locations while working with the same therapist.