​Matthew is a Psychologist who is passionate about empowering people, especially adolescents and young adults, to improve their mental health, physical health, and inter-personal relationships, through education and behaviour change.

Matt studied a Bachelor of Science (with major studies in Psychology and Physiology), a Postgraduate Diploma of Psychology, and a Master of Psychology (Health), and has been studying a Graduate Diploma of Young People’s Mental Health. For more than a decade, Matt has served the Australian community at leading public and private mental health care institutions in Victoria, South Australia, and the Australian Capital Territory.

​Matt has assisted hundreds of clients suffering from anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, personality disorders, difficulties with anger, stress, and grief, psychotic disorders, bipolar disorders, eating disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, somatic symptom disorders, sleep disorders, difficulties with substance use, and various addictions. Matt has also assisted hundreds of clients experiencing inter-personal relationship difficulties, vocational challenges, and major life transitions such as being diagnosed with a terminal illness. He is passionate about working with culturally- and linguistically-diverse clients, including migrants and refugees.
     
Using various techniques originating primarily from Cognitive-Behavioural Therapies, and with a Christian ethos, Matt collaborates with his clients in a natural and authentic dialogue, from which insight gained and actions taken can generate real and beneficial changes in the lives of his clients.

Matt provides a variety of services to his clients, including (but not limited to):
Vocational assessment and counselling
Inter-personal relationship assessment, counselling, and psychotherapy
Mental health and mental illness diagnostic assessment
Counselling and psychotherapy for mental illness (e.g., anxiety disorders; depressive disorders; personality disorders)