Matthew Federici, LMHC
Florida · 10 years in practice
Matthew Federici is a licensed mental health counselor who works with adults dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, and addiction.
License and registration
- LMHC, Florida
- MH17083 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1790256501 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Matthew
Matthew Federici is a licensed mental health counselor who works with adults dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, and addiction. He also helps people facing trauma, grief, low self-esteem, relationship and intimacy issues, and challenges like ADHD and bipolar mood shifts. Matthew offers straightforward, practical support for everyday problems and big life changes.
He draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people understand and shift how emotions drive their reactions. He also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas to help clients make values-based choices and rebuild safer emotional connections.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and client-centered methods round out his approach. Matthew has practiced since 2016 in general mental health and substance use settings. That decade of experience includes work with grief, trauma-related concerns, impulse-control issues, and health-related or terminal illness stress.
He brings experience helping people manage caregiving strain, chronic pain or illness, and the complex effects of co-occurring conditions. Sessions focus on clear goals and skills people can use between appointments. Conversations are direct but empathetic, with exercises tailored to what each person needs.
He is Christian-based and aims to respect each person's background and beliefs. Matthew is licensed in Florida as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor - LMHC. He provides services in English and holds sessions using video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a session according to availability.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Matthew lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Matthew names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- 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
How Emotion and Values Guide Online Therapy
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people notice and work with strong feelings that shape their choices and relationships. It focuses on identifying emotional patterns and gently shifting how clients respond to attachment and connection needs.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches skills to accept difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that match personal values. It is useful for stress, anxiety, and making steady life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current bonds and communication, helping people form more supported ways of relating.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client will discuss goals, try methods, and adjust based on what helps. That way the work matches each person's needs and preferences rather than following a fixed plan.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people work face to face when a conversation benefits from visual cues. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be a simpler check-in during a break. Live chat and text messaging suit quick updates, journaling between sessions, or times when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the focus on practical progress.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does he help with?
He supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, anger, and intimacy-related issues, among other concerns.
What is his general therapy style?
Sessions are practical and collaborative, mixing emotion-focused conversation with skills work and value-driven exercises to help people manage problems day to day.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He has practiced since 2016, bringing about ten years of experience in general mental health and substance use settings.
What credentials and location apply?
He is a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and practices in Florida.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can someone outside the United States work with him?
International clients are not accepted; he works with clients located in Florida.
What session formats are available?
He meets by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How does billing and starting work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and are charged through a subscription that can be canceled at any time; to get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session.
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