Kim Matte, LICSW

Kim Matte, LICSW, provides focused support for people facing stress, anxiety, grief, and major life changes. She helps individuals struggling with self-esteem, compassion fatigue, workplace pressure, and caregiving strain. Her tone is steady and practical, aimed at people who need clear guidance during hard times.

With 25 years of experience, Kim draws on client-centered work to keep conversations grounded in each person’s goals. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes. Mindfulness practices are offered to help with anxiety, panic, and ongoing stress.

Sessions aim to be collaborative and straightforward. Kim listens closely, helps set realistic goals, and suggests concrete skills to try between meetings. She supports people navigating chronic illness, cancer caregiving, end-of-life concerns, and aging-related issues without making assumptions about anyone’s situation.

Her practice covers relationship difficulties, communication problems, infidelity, divorce and separation, and family problems, approached one person at a time. She also works with people dealing with isolation, life purpose questions, and workplace issues, tailoring the pace to each person’s needs.

Kim practices in Massachusetts and brings long experience supporting people through grief, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and caregiver stress. She welcomes people of all genders, sexual orientations, races, and ethnicities and conducts sessions in English.

How Kim’s approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and helping each person set their own goals. Online sessions using this approach typically involve reflective conversation and collaborative planning to address the issues that matter most to the client.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. In remote sessions this means identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing small behavior changes between meetings to reduce anxiety and panic symptoms.

Mindfulness Therapy introduces simple attention and breathing practices to help manage stress and emotional overwhelm. These techniques can be practiced during or between sessions to build tolerance for strong emotions.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Kim will talk with each person about symptoms, goals, and preferences, and then recommend or combine methods that fit. This is a collaborative process rather than a one-size-fits-all prescription.

Please confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, and helping maintain continuity of care during health or caregiving demands.