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Evan Matheney

Skilled counselor for relationships and parenting

LPCC Ohio

Experience
7 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
Approaches
Gottman Method, Attachment-Based Therapy
Languages
English

About Evan

Evan Matheney is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) practicing in Ohio. He focuses on building stronger connections and clearer communication for people facing stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, relationship strain, and depression.

Background and approach

Evan uses practical, relationship-focused methods to help clients find steady ground when life feels overwhelming. Evan spent the early part of his career delivering home-based therapy and working on early childhood mental health teams.

That hands-on background shaped his approach to supporting parents, caregivers, and young people through everyday struggles and crises. He has also supervised clinicians and led mental health programs, bringing a management perspective to his clinical work.

He blends several approaches to meet each person where they are. That mix includes attachment-based work that looks at patterns in relationships, cognitive behavioral techniques for changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and client-centered methods that center the person's own goals.

Evan also draws on existential ideas when people are wrestling with meaning and life direction. In independent practice he offers individual counseling, professional trainings, and consulting for organizations.

His prior roles included program manager for maternal mental health and clinical supervisor at a nonprofit, roles that involved improving clinical quality and training staff. These experiences inform how he organizes treatment and tracks progress.

Evan aims to make therapy straightforward and practical. Sessions focus on specific goals, clearer communication, and skills people can use between appointments.

He works in English and practices across a range of mood and stress-related concerns.

How Evan’s approaches translate to online therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationship patterns shape reactions today. Online sessions can help identify those patterns and build new ways of relating through conversations and practice between visits. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, targets the thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches concrete skills to change them, which works well in short exercises and homework that can be reviewed in video or text. The Gottman Method centers on communication and conflict habits in close relationships; it offers structured exercises and skills that can be practiced during remote sessions and applied at home.

Evan treats picking an approach as a team effort. He will talk with each person about their goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust plans based on what works. That collaborative process helps make sure sessions stay focused on what the client wants to change or improve.

Online therapy offers flexibility for different lives and schedules. Video calls let the therapist and client see nonverbal cues, phone sessions use less bandwidth, live chat can be useful for quick check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help people schedule care around work, childcare, or other commitments while keeping therapy consistent and practical.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Evan help with?
Evan works with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and depression. He also addresses attachment issues, caregiver stress, postpartum depression, trauma, and related topics.
What is his therapeutic style like?
He uses a blend of approaches that emphasize relationships and practical skills. Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented, with time spent on communication and behavior changes.
How much experience does he have?
He has seven years of clinical experience, including home-based therapy, early childhood mental health work, clinical supervision, and program management.
What credentials and location should I know?
He holds the LPCC credential and practices in Ohio as an Ohio LPCC. Sessions are offered from his Ohio-based practice.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with him?
International clients are not currently accepted; he provides services to people located within the supported region.
What session formats are available?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsParenting issuesDepression

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Existential TherapyGottman MethodMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

7+ years

Licensed in

Ohio

Languages

English