Kevin Matthews, BACP

Kevin Matthews is a United Kingdom-credentialed therapist with four years of professional experience supporting people through a range of emotional challenges. He specialises in stress, anxiety, grief, anger, depression, and difficulties with focus often associated with ADHD, and he also works with concerns such as abandonment, attachment issues, divorce and separation, guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, midlife crisis, money and financial issues, self-love, sexuality, social anxiety and phobia, and workplace problems. He approaches therapy from a place of respect for each person’s lived experience, holding the view that clients are the experts of their own stories and already possess strengths that can help them move through what feels difficult.

Kevin uses client-centered, somatic, and Internal Family Systems approaches to tailor support to individual needs, helping people explore feelings, bodily experiences, and internal parts in ways that feel manageable and meaningful. He emphasises that taking the first step toward a more fulfilling life requires courage and offers steady, nonjudgmental support throughout the process. Kevin holds BACP membership - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - reflecting his professional standing within the UK counselling community.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Kevin Matthews draws on client-centered therapy to create a respectful, collaborative space where the client’s perspective guides the pace and goals of work - this approach helps when people need acceptance, validation, and a clearer sense of personal values. He also uses somatic therapy to attend to how emotions show up in the body, offering techniques to notice and work with bodily sensations that often accompany stress, anxiety, and trauma-related responses. Internal Family Systems is another approach he integrates to help clients understand and relate to different internal parts - this can be useful for managing strong emotions, self-criticism, and patterns that feel stuck.

Finding the right fit is part of the therapeutic journey. Kevin works collaboratively with each person to identify which approaches feel most helpful based on their needs, goals, and preferences, and he adjusts the work as understanding deepens over time. This collaborative process helps clients feel more engaged and empowered in therapy.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it easier to access support around work, caregiving, or mobility constraints. Registered professionals can provide effective, ongoing therapeutic work through these formats, allowing clients to engage consistently while fitting therapy into their everyday lives.