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About

Matthew Bethell, M.A., LMFT

I support people through life’s complexities—amidst love and loss, and within the tension between freedom and responsibility. My approach is oriented toward helping people cultivate greater presence and awareness, become less likely to drift into autopilot, and engage their lives and relationships with greater intention, clarity, and self-understanding.

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My Approach

Integration is the space between chaos and rigidity. It is the foundation of psychological flexibility—the capacity to meet experience with intention, hold it in awareness, and make choices guided by your values.

 

From this stance, you can cultivate a greater sense of agency in how you understand and make meaning of your life.

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Philosophy of Therapy

Existential Therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Interpersonal Neurobiology

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 Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.”

Rollo May

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