Kim Matte, LICSW

Kim Matte is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) practicing in Massachusetts with 25 years of clinical experience supporting people through significant life changes and emotional challenges. Her work focuses on helping individuals manage stress, anxiety, grief, and low self-esteem, with particular attention to situations involving caregiving, aging, chronic illness, and transitions related to work and family life.

She brings a practical, empathetic approach that emphasizes resilience and personalized strategies for coping and growth. Kim draws on evidence-informed methods to help people address relationship strains, career pressures, depression, panic symptoms, and the emotional demands of end-of-life and hospice-related concerns. Her practice also attends to issues such as compassion fatigue, isolation, communication problems, and finding renewed life purpose.

In sessions she aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where individuals can explore their experience, build coping skills, and strengthen their capacity to manage ongoing challenges. Whether the focus is on managing chronic pain or illness, navigating divorce and family difficulties, or reducing workplace stress, Kim supports clients in practical problem-solving and in regaining a sense of direction and well-being.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Options for Care

Kim Matte integrates client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and mindfulness-based techniques into her online practice. Client-centered therapy focuses on creating a respectful, empathetic space where the individual’s goals and values guide the work - this approach helps people explore feelings, build self-understanding, and identify personal priorities. CBT offers practical tools to recognize and shift unhelpful thinking and behavioral patterns, which can be useful for symptoms of anxiety, depression, panic, and stress-related problems. Mindfulness therapy teaches present-moment awareness and self-compassion practices that often support coping with chronic illness, grief, and ongoing stressors.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Kim works together with each person to assess needs, preferences, and treatment goals, and then tailors methods that fit the client’s situation. That collaborative planning helps ensure therapy feels relevant and manageable.

Online sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging make it easier to access care from home, work, or while traveling within the therapist’s service area. These options provide scheduling flexibility and multiple ways to engage in therapy, allowing individuals to pick the format that best fits their lifestyle and comfort while working with a licensed professional.