I believe that what is most healing about good therapy is the opportunity for client and therapist to feel genuine connection with each other.
As a therapist, I work relationally. I am as invested in what you bring into the therapy room — the content, the stories, the hardships you are eager to be less alone with — as I am in how it feels to be in connection together. The joy of therapy for me is about relating to each other humanly and, as much as possible, letting our guards down together in a way that feels safe.
Clients have told me that they find my pace in session to be slow. Slowness, in my experience, is what helps bring emotion alive. I enjoy helping clients form deeper access to their emotional worlds, understand why certain emotions have felt unsafe to explore on their own, and exist more freely and openly in their relationships.
I’m Matty.
Many couples and individuals I work with are part of the LGBTQ+/queer community. As a gay man, I connect with clients on shared experiences related to belonging, identity formation, and religious upbringings. I also frequently work with men who are craving deeper connection to their emotions.
I went to CU Denver for my master’s degree in couple and family therapy and to Boston College for undergrad, where I studied sociology and theology. Aside from working, I love music, am a life-long swimmer and yoga practitioner, and enjoy being in nature with people I love when I get the opportunity. I am originally from Northern California and have lived in Colorado for the past five years.