Matt Inman
LPC-S
I have been in the therapy world for 20 years. I have a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in counseling and completed the 3 year Relational Psychodynamic Therapy (RPT) post-graduate certificate from The Contemporary Psychodynamic Institute in Seattle, WA.
I enjoy how culture shapes us, as I have been shaped by living in Kansas City, Los Angeles, Dallas and Austin. I have practiced in Austin for 13 years and love the approachable creativity of the city, the food, the coffee, the springs and Austin FC matches.
My Therapeutic Approach
I believe psychotherapy is not just about learning but about relating well- to ourselves, others, our communities and cultures. It is a courageous endeavor to look at yourself with radical openness, to hold the complexity of your family of origin experience and to confront the pain and beauty of the cultural intersection in which you find yourself.
But I deeply believe that this courageous endeavor is what gets us out of boredom and exhaustion and into an enlivened spirit. It is the process that heals inter-generational wounds that weigh us down. And it is the movement that asks us and others to show up differently within our cultures and communities.
I have studied therapy in undergraduate and graduate school as well as a certificate program in Relationally Focused Psychodynamic Therapy (RFPT) from the Contemporary Psychodynamic Institute. RFPT starts with the belief that the relationship formed in therapy is as healing as any relational content that could be taught. It is within this relational process that we build new dynamics that work better for you as well as be honest and get creative when we re-enact old, painful stories.
We go back in our individual and cultural stories so we can move forward in them with greater agency, creativity and love. That is my hope for me and that is my hope for you.
Specialities
- Helping Men Connect With Their Emotions - Life Transitions
- Couple's Work - Depression and Anxiety
- Spiritual Shifts - Working Through Childhood Issues
