You don't need to be fixed.

You need to learn how to work with and within yourself.

Depth psychology. Soul work. Nervous system care. For when "just think positive" stopped working.

If you're here, you probably already know. You've done the reading. The journaling. The "work on yourself." Maybe you've sat in therapy chairs and spiritual circles alike. And still there's this battle. This tension between who you've been told to be and who you sense you actually are. Between the wounds that shaped you and the life you're trying to build.

Your nervous system is tired. Not broken. Tired. Tired of performing. Tired of people pleasing. Tired of the low grade anxiety that hums underneath everything, even the good days.

You're not looking for another expert to hand you answers. You're looking for someone who can help you trust your own.

Hi, I’m Matthew

I know that tired. I spent years in the same chairs, reading the same books, chasing the same answers. I trained clinically because I wanted to understand the architecture of suffering. But I also learned that the psyche speaks in dreams, in somatic sensations, in the quiet knowing that wakes you at 3am. It speaks in the language of the soul.

So I work in the space where both are true. Where inner parts work meets intuitive practice. Where nervous system care meets depth spiritual work. Where clinical rigor and mystical wisdom aren't at odds—they're the full picture of who you are.

I hold depth without letting you drown in it. I move with fire without letting you burn out. I help people stop fighting themselves and learn how to work with their own inner world. Not to manage symptoms. Not to perform healing. But so the self underneath the anxiety, the over-functioning, the inherited rules—finally gets to lead.

And I will not let you stay small.

More About Me

Science

I weave in what we now know from neuroscience, somatics, and trauma-informed practice. Healing and transformation aren’t abstract—they’re grounded in how your nervous system, body, and mind work together. This gives us a framework to understand what’s happening and create real, lasting change.

Psychology

Our inner world is shaped by the stories we carry, the archetypes we embody, and the survival patterns we’ve learned. Together we explore these layers with compassion and honesty, so you can step out of old patterns and begin living from truth, power, and freedom.

Spirituality

At the heart of my work is a deep connection to both religious and spiritual practices from a variety of sources. My work is to guide you back to truths already within you and create a space where your spiritual autonomy can be practiced and explored safely without judgment, shame or fear.

Work With Me

In the UK, I work as a trauma-informed counsellor—which means I offer therapeutic containment for religious trauma, deconstruction, and spiritual crisis. I’m not a clinical psychologist (I don’t diagnose or treat mental illness), but I provide counselling for the existential and somatic fallout of high-control religion.
What this means practically:
- I can work with your therapist (if you have one) as the “spiritual integration” piece they may not offer.
- I can provide standalone counselling for religious trauma and deconstruction without the clinical distance.
- If you need clinical mental health treatment, I maintain referral relationships with UK-registered psychotherapists and psychiatrists.
For International clients: I work as a trauma-informed spiritual coach due to regulatory differences, though my approach remains rooted in the same values.
- You’ve left high-control religious and/or spiritual communities and your body is still bracing for punishment.
- You’re seeing a therapist for the clinical work (anxiety, depression, CPTSD) but need someone to help you process the spiritual grief and existential terror.
- You want to explore spiritual practices such as tarot, past-life work, or Jungian shadow work without your counsellor pathologizing it.
- You’re exhausted by “life coaches” who want to be your guru and therapists who don’t understand why leaving your spiritual community and worldview feels like dying.
How we work together
Counselling for Religious Trauma & Deconstruction
This isn’t CBT worksheets or “just think positive.” It’s:
- Somatic attunement: Tracking where religious fear lives in your nervous system
- Archetypal exploration: Using tarot, active imagination, or depth psychology as diagnostic tools (always your meaning, not mine)
- Deconstruction support: Holding the specific grief of losing community, certainty, and identity without rushing you to “reconstruction”
- Boundary repair: Reclaiming spiritual autonomy when you’ve been taught that questioning is sin
- Trauma-Informed Practioner Centre for Healing, Australia and additional ongoing training
- NARM-informed (NeuroAffective Relational Model for complex trauma)
- NLP Practitioner (neuro-linguistic programming for pattern interruption)
- Reiki LVL 2 (energetic support, optional integration)
- Clear scope: I work with religious trauma, spiritual crisis, and deconstruction. I help people recover from pleasing towards autonomy and deepen their inner work and self-discovery. I refer out for clinical mental health treatment, active addiction, or acute psychiatric crisis.

My Podcast

At the crossroads of science, psychology, and spirituality, we explore the wisdom and insights that help you step into who you are and who you came here to be. From my own personal experience growing up gay in the Church, I’ve learned to connect deeper with the voice of God outside the dogma. I search for the truth behind the pulpit, and the transformation within the experience.

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Tools For Your Journey

"My Alchemy session with Matthew was so powerful. Matthew is well-connected to Spirit / his guides. He intuited what was ready to be transformed and brought to light. He led me to a deeper understanding of myself - more than once, I was surprised at the answer I gave him.”

Elanna, Denver, USA
"Matthew doesn’t sugarcoat things. He gets straight to the heart of what’s going on and it blows my mind. Every session pushed me to level up, but always with a sense of understanding and clarity. If you’re looking for someone who’ll challenge you but also have your back, he's the one."

Jared, Toronto, CA
"Working with Matthew has been incredibly helpful. During our coaching sessions, I leave feeling called out in the best way possible. Working with Matthew has helped me step more into my unapologetic self and own my power in a way I never knew possible."

Simone, Ottawa, CA

Brand Alchemy

I do Brand Coaching and Design Work for those who change lives. Everything from custom logo and website design, to DIY support, to helping you create a powerful brand and practice that resonates authentically with you and those you serve. My mission is to mirror and empower those who are also called to this work.

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“While it is always best to believe in oneself, a little help from others can be a great blessing.”

- Uncle Iroh

You don't need to be fixed.