You understand the patterns.
Living differently still feels difficult.
Depth-oriented trauma therapy for men and LGBTQ+ adults. EMDR, Brainspotting, and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) in Capitol Hill, Seattle, and by telehealth across Washington and Colorado.
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Matthew Sorg, LMHC
I'm Matt—a gay therapist practicing in Seattle who's done my own depth work around identity, shame, and belonging. I know what it's like to carry things alone, to feel fundamentally misunderstood, and to wonder if there's another way to live. That lived experience shapes how I work: with directness, attunement, and honesty.
I'm also faculty in Seattle University's Psychology department.
What happens here
Most of the people who come to me have already done some version of figuring it out. They've read the book, they understand the pattern, they can narrate the history. What they can't do is get their body to stop responding to what's already over. The chest that won't loosen. The sleep that doesn't restore. The conversation that goes blank in the middle. Understanding is there; the nervous system hasn't caught up to it.
I work with that gap. I'm EMDRIA Certified, Certified in Brainspotting, and trained in Flash Technique and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy. The tools matter. What matters more is that they're held inside an existential-phenomenological orientation: a clinical mind trained to attend to what's actually showing up for you, not to translate it into a category I already had ready. The specialty pages below get into what that looks like for trauma, EMDR, KAP, and the rest.
There's no suffering threshold for whether this is worth doing. People come in at 24 and at 52, after months of noticing or after decades of managing. If the past is shaping your present in ways the present hasn't earned, the timing is fine.
Trauma & Complex Trauma
For people carrying the emotional, relational, and bodily weight of the past.
Men's Mental Health
For men who are overwhelmed, shut down, or tired of figuring it out alone.
LGBTQ+ Affirming
A safe, affirming space for LGBTQ+ adults navigating shame, identity, or belonging.
Existential Therapy
For questions of meaning, mortality, freedom, and identity — held inside formal training in the tradition.
EMDR Therapy
For when understanding came years ago and the body is still responding as if it isn't over. EMDRIA Certified.
Brainspotting
Body-led processing for what talk can circle but never quite reach. Certified in Brainspotting.
Ketamine-Assisted Therapy
When appropriate, KAP can help soften defenses and access emotions that feel walled off.
Psychedelic Integration
Trauma-informed integration after psilocybin, MDMA, or ketamine experiences.
I'm not taking new clients right now. If you're searching, the availability page lists good places to start →