Matthew Higgins

Matthew Higgins offers calm, judgement-free support for people dealing with anger and related concerns. He creates space for people to speak openly and be heard. He aims to help clients feel understood and to work through thoughts and feelings at their own pace.

He qualified with a Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling & Psychotherapy in Leeds in 2021. Matthew carried out 100 client hours during placements and continues to work with charitable counselling services in North Yorkshire. He also works with a charity that focuses on bereavement and with the Samaritans supporting people with suicidal thoughts.

Matthew adopts a person-centred way of working that emphasises listening and empathy. He believes clients know much about their own needs and that a therapist's role is often to reflect and support rather than to prescribe solutions. He also draws on other approaches when a more directed style can help challenge unhelpful patterns.

People come to him for a range of issues including stress, anxiety, relationship problems, grief, low self-esteem and anger. He is experienced in addressing sleep and eating difficulties, depression, addiction, trauma and life transitions such as redundancy or career change.

He finds work with more mature adults especially rewarding because those clients often face issues related to loss, changing family roles or starting again later in life. Matthew works in English and connects with clients across the United Kingdom and internationally through the platform used to arrange sessions.

Approaches that guide online counselling

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape the way people connect and respond to stress. It can help people understand patterns in close relationships and how those patterns affect feelings like anger or loneliness.

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening without judgement and supporting people to find their own solutions. This approach can be useful for building self-esteem and working through grief or life changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences and what feels helpful. Together they decide whether to use a mainly person-centred style or introduce more directional techniques to challenge unhelpful patterns.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, for example by reducing travel time or allowing sessions from different locations. It also lets people keep regular appointments after work or between other commitments. The biography does not specify which online formats are offered here, so it is sensible to confirm available session types before booking. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists often use online work to increase accessibility and keep therapy consistent during life changes.