Matthew Tapia

Matthew Tapia is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in Arizona with eleven years of clinical experience. He works with children, teens, adults, couples, and families across a wide range of concerns, helping people find relief from stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and parenting challenges, ADHD, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, anger, low self-esteem, career difficulties, compassion fatigue, and other life transitions.

Matthew draws on training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), mindfulness practices, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). He emphasizes a collaborative, team-based approach that seeks to meet clients where they are and build practical skills alongside deeper understanding.

His experience includes direct mental health and behavioral counseling in both private practice and nonprofit clinic settings, where he has served as clinician, consultant, supervisor, and trainer. That work provided opportunities to support people coping with autism and Asperger’s syndrome, PTSD, substance use and at-risk adolescent behavior, young adult transitions, parenting and caregiving stress, and crisis response for first responders.

Matthew holds a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Santa Clara University and an undergraduate degree in Psychology from San Jose State University. He is licensed to practice marriage and family therapy in both Arizona and California, and he is certified as a Board Certified Behavior Analyst while also holding Arizona licensure to practice behavior analysis.

Early in his career Matthew worked with a young couple who struggled with constant arguing and poor communication. Over time their work together uncovered patterns, unmet needs, and vulnerabilities that, when addressed, allowed empathy and connection to return. That experience continues to shape his belief in therapy as a space for growth and renewed relationships.