Matthew Bishop Ed.D., LMFT

Trauma can leave you reacting to the present as though the past is still happening. I help clients understand these responses without shame and process traumatic experiences at a pace that feels manageable. Drawing from EMDR, IFS, EFT, and an existential-humanistic approach, we work to reduce the power of painful memories, rebuild trust in yourself, and create more choice in how you respond to relationships, emotions, and daily life.

Depression can drain life of meaning, energy, and possibility while convincing you that nothing will change. I help clients explore the pain, shame, loss, isolation, or unmet needs beneath their depression without reducing them to a diagnosis. Our work combines honest reflection with practical movement: reconnecting with relationships, values, strengths, and parts of life that can restore purpose, agency, and hope.

Anxiety can make ordinary decisions feel dangerous and keep your mind rehearsing every possible disaster. I help clients understand what their anxiety is trying to protect them from, recognize the experiences and beliefs that sustain it, and develop practical ways to respond differently. Using direct conversation, IFS, EFT, and grounding strategies, we work toward greater confidence, emotional flexibility, and freedom from fear-driven choices.

I completed EMDR basic training and have 13 years of experience incorporating EMDR into trauma treatment. I use it to help clients process painful experiences that continue to influence their emotions, beliefs, relationships, and physical responses. EMDR can allow a memory to become something that happened in the past rather than something the mind and body continue to experience as an immediate threat.

I completed the yearlong IFS Level 1 training and have four years of experience using the model with clients. IFS helps people approach conflicting or unwanted parts of themselves with curiosity rather than shame. I use it to help clients understand the protective purpose beneath anxiety, anger, avoidance, compulsions, and self-criticism, allowing these parts to become less extreme and creating greater internal trust, balance, and choice.

I completed Level 1 and Level 2 training in Emotionally Focused Therapy and have eight years of experience using EFT with clients. I also teach attachment theory at the university level, giving me a strong understanding of how early relationships shape our needs, fears, and patterns of connection. I use EFT to help individuals and couples recognize the emotional cycle beneath conflict and build safer, more honest relationships.