Matt Givens , LIMFT, LMFT

Matt Givens views the decision to begin counseling as a meaningful step toward growth and refocusing on personal strengths. He recognizes that attending a first session can require courage, especially when someone feels vulnerable or believes aspects of life are not working as intended. Matt frames therapy as a supportive space where people can learn practical skills to function more effectively and pursue a more fulfilling life.

Change, in his approach, is fostered through acceptance and reconnection. He emphasizes repairing and strengthening relationships - whether that means rebuilding connections between partners, improving family dynamics, or forming a trusting bond between therapist and client. His goal is to offer a nonjudgmental therapeutic relationship that supports healing, growth, and repair for individuals, couples, and families.

He holds LIMFT and LMFT credentials, professional licenses that identify him as a licensed marriage and family therapist. He is certified in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and also uses rapid resolution therapy (RRT) and accelerated resolution therapy (ART) to address lingering symptoms after traumatic events. With couples he employs the Gottman Method, and he uses play therapy techniques when working with children. He is also a certified sexual addictions treatment provider (SATP-C). Matt integrates cognitive behavioral therapy, logotherapy, and solution-focused strategies to help clients manage stress, anxiety, and depression more adaptively.

With 16 years of experience, he focuses on relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, addictions, parenting, self-esteem, career matters, and coping with life changes. Additional areas of attention include codependency, communication problems, divorce and separation, domestic violence, fatherhood issues, first responder challenges, guilt and shame, infidelity, life purpose, men’s issues, midlife transitions, veteran and armed forces issues, financial concerns, and mood disorders. Based in Indiana, Matt offers a collaborative, growth-oriented approach aimed at restoring connection and promoting meaningful change.