Hello and welcome to WHC! My name is Matt Fitzgerald. I primarily have experience treating adults of all ages, from recent high school graduates to the geriatric population; though I am eager to begin working with children and adolescents as well! My main areas of focus are managing depression and anxiety (working to achieve symptom reduction while using introspection to investigate the sources of distress), identifying healthy and unhealthy relational patterns, helping athletes through the mental and emotional trials of competing in sports, and dealing with acute stress and adjustments, such as a transition from school to work or moving to a new area, and I also have experience working with clients with severe and persistent mental illness.

I maintain an eclectic practice, which means that while I have experience using established treatment modalities such as CBT, DBT, and other mindfulness-based approaches, I prefer to learn principles from several different counseling theories and use them as appropriate depending on the issue that the client is facing. I believe that context is so important in telling the story of someone's life, and that no two clients are ever the same, which is why I like to use this case-by-case approach to treatment.