Matthew Kiefer, LPC, LCPC
South Carolina · 11 years in practice
Matthew Kiefer is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on helping people manage stressful life events and emotional struggles.
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
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 Kiefer is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on helping people manage stressful life events and emotional struggles. He works with adults on concerns such as anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, and stress. He also helps people facing parenting challenges, career transitions, attachment questions, and the effects of past trauma.
Matthew offers a warm, interactive style that balances encouragement with clear, practical guidance. Sessions are conversational and often include exercises to build new skills.
Background and approach
He aims to create a respectful space where people can talk through painful experiences and try different ways of coping. His background includes more than a decade in mental health work, including counseling and youth mentoring. That experience informs his approach to attachment issues, abandonment concerns, and adoption or foster care questions.
He uses a mix of methods to meet each person's needs rather than one fixed technique. Therapeutic tools Matthew uses include Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people notice and shift emotional patterns, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and increase psychological flexibility, and cognitive behavioral strategies to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. He adapts interventions to the person's pace and goals.
Matthew holds LPC and LCPC credentials and practices from Utah. He communicates in English and supports clients through video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session that fits the client's availability.
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
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- 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
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people notice and name their emotional responses so they can change unhelpful interaction patterns and feel more connected to what matters. It is often used for people who want to understand strong emotional reactions and improve how they relate to their own feelings.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on clarifying personal values and taking workable steps toward them while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. It can help with anxiety, depression, and stress by promoting purposeful action even when emotions are uncomfortable.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early relationship patterns and how they shape current behavior and expectations. It helps people understand long-standing trust or connection issues and try new ways of relating to themselves and others.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and preferences. That often means mixing approaches and adjusting over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video is useful when visual connection and real-time interaction matter. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief updates, quick skill practice, or when messaging fits a busy schedule. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, and daily life.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does he address?
Matthew works with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, stress, addictions, grief, parenting challenges, and career issues.
What is his therapeutic style like?
His style is warm, interactive, and encouraging. Sessions combine conversational talk with practical exercises and skill-building.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He has 11 years of experience working in mental health as a counselor and mentor, which shapes his work with attachment and trauma-related concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
He holds LPC and LCPC credentials and practices in Utah while also holding an SC LPC credential as documented.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English, and he is not currently accepting international clients.
What formats are offered for sessions?
Sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for therapy?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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