Matt Heatherly

Matt Heatherly, Ph.D., is a Clinical Therapist based in Tuscaloosa, Alabama with two decades of experience. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama; completed graduate work in psychotherapy at Purdue University and Indiana Wesleyan University in 2004.

He specializes in depression recovery, anxiety treatment, couples counseling, and trauma recovery and is certified in trauma treatment by the International Association of Trauma Professionals (IATP). He has worked with inner-city families in crisis, conducted programs in partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient settings, and since 2013 has maintained a full-time private practice at Stress Management Tuscaloosa.

Previously he spent ten years as a pastor working with teens and worship-leading. His approach is practical and solution-focused, using evidence-based treatments including mindfulness approaches and interpersonal approaches to depression, and he pursues ongoing training to refine his skills.