Hi! I'm Matt Healey
I’m a trauma-informed psychotherapist with over 11 years of experience, helping individuals navigate healing in a way that’s both deeply personal and profoundly effective. My work spans private practice, organizational settings, and international retreat centers, giving me a diverse and integrative approach to mental health.
After years of seeing the limits of traditional talk therapy—especially for trauma—I discovered Brainspotting. It transformed my understanding of healing. As a complex trauma survivor and late-diagnosed adult with ADHD, I know firsthand the frustration of seeking real change and not finding it in conventional methods.
Driven by that experience, I’ve spent years exploring therapeutic approaches across the globe—from New Zealand to Australia, and through a life-changing three-year apprenticeship at a traditional healing center in Peru, working with plant medicines in ceremonial settings.
Now based in France with my two children, I offer a compassionate, cutting-edge approach to therapy that integrates neuroscience, body-based modalities, and deep intuitive presence. My mission is simple: to make the healing journey more effective, empowering, and accessible for others—especially those who’ve tried everything and are still searching.
Discovering Brainspotting was a turning point in my life and my work. It helped me heal in ways I never thought possible—at a level far deeper than talk therapy ever reached.
The changes were profound: my nervous system settled, and my body finally released the deep tension and pain it had been holding for years. That experience inspired me to shift the focus of my practice entirely.
I became a certified Brainspotting practitioner and an approved Brainspotting Consultant, so I can help clients and therapists experience this powerful modality as well.
I use Brainspotting because it works. It taps into your brain and body’s innate ability to process and resolve trauma, anxiety, and emotional blocks—gently, safely, and at your own pace.
Whether you’re navigating complex trauma, high stress, or just feeling stuck, Brainspotting offers a way forward that’s intuitive, body-based, and deeply healing.
My style
Transformative Therapy for Deep, Lasting Change
I offer a warm, client-centered approach grounded in compassion and deep presence. With a strong foundation in body-centered and attachment-focused psychotherapy, I support clients in reconnecting with themselves at every level—physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual.
My work draws on a rich integration of evidence-based and intuitive modalities, including Parts Work, expressive and creative techniques, and intergenerational and shamanic healing principles. Every session is rooted in trauma-informed and attachment-aware care, creating a safe and empowering space for healing.
Where aligned with your goals, I also incorporate:
Strategic goal setting
Mindset reframing
Skills-based emotional regulation
Emotional intelligence development
I work with clients worldwide, offering sessions exclusively via Zoom—making deep, transformative therapy accessible no matter where you are.
Let’s work together to help you move from surviving to thriving.
Training and education
Dip Transpersonal Counselling. The Phoenix Institute, Melbourne, Australia
Asc Degree in Holistic Counselling. The Phoenix Institute, Melbourne, Australia
Grad Dip Therapeutic Arts Practice (Arts Therapy) MIECAT , Melbourne, Australia
CCTP 1 & 2
Certified in Brainspotting Phase 1, 2, 3, 4 & Masterclass
Advanced Specialty Training Brainspotting Performance and FLOW
Advanced Specialty Training Generational Brainspotting
Approved Brainspotting Consultant
What's next?
Finding the right therapist or coach is pretty stressful, I offer a free 30 min consultation to make that a little bit easier. The consult is designed to provide you with clarity and confidence about your brainspotting experience. I’m currently accepting new clients.