Clint Matheny

“Magic and miracles are simply the unexplained—until understanding turns them into knowledge without taking away their wonder.”  Welcome to ClintMatheny.com: A Therapist’s Toolbox for Real Emotional Change This is a 6- minute overview video of my blog:   If you’ve landed here, chances are you’re searching for something deeper—something beyond …

  This is a 7-minute video overview. Be sure to also watch the (2) YouTube videos at the bottom of this post.   I observed a devastating aviation accident on May 30, 1972, at Greater Southwest Airport. As an air traffic controller and private pilot, I had spent over three …

Coping Isn’t the Goal. Healing Is. If your therapy sessions focus only on “talk therapy” (CBT), you’re limiting the potential for deep, lasting transformation. All effective therapy modalities incorporate memory reconsolidation into their processes. The best therapeutic approaches don’t just manage behaviors or regulate emotions—they dissolve the emotional charge linked …

This is a 5-minute overview video:     A trauma is not an experience. It is an emotional response to an experience. A trauma is something that happens to you and that makes you so upset that it overwhelms you. A trauma can also caused depression. What is a trauma …

    Is seeing (really) believing? This is a 6-minute video on how a girl healed her lazy eye and recovered her vision in this eye. Below this video is the actual session and follow-up.   As therapists, we hold the extraordinary capacity to spark insight, foster healing, and transform …

There are two (2) videos on this post : A 6-minute overview and the interview with Jay.This is a four-year follow up interview I recorded in 1999. We revisited Jay’s remarkable recovery journey after he had suffered from a severe car accident on August 1, 1995. First the 6-minute overview: …

WARNING: This Is About Sexual Abuse  Many therapists carry invisible histories—wounds that shaped not only their empathy but their calling. I’m no exception. My journey into healing began long before I ever sat across from a client. This 8-minute Google overview video shares my journey of uncovering and healing a …

This 7- minute video below is an overview of a case study highlighting how “Clean Language” therapy helped resolve clinical depression in one session. In addition, below are two (2) audio recordings: • One from the original session in 1993 • A follow-up recorded 29-years later in 2022   “The …

This is my second posting with follow ups on healing “Depression” with “Clean Language”. This is 5-minute “Video Summary” on a 2006 session that cured my client’s depression : The 16-year follow-up interview is below. The first posting was using Clean Language on Metaphors to heal depression (see the link …

This is a 6-minute video summary of this very easy to learn powerful technique called “FreeSpotting: The 13th century poet Rumi wrote, “the cure for pain is in the pain”. Amidst the myriad of complex therapies and interventions, a revolutionary technique stands out for its simplicity and profound impact: FreeSpotting. …

This “Reconsolidation” method session on depression took place in 1985. There are two other post on this blog dealing with depression using a different method: https://clintmatheny.com/healing-major-depression/ &  healing-depression-disassociation-using-clean-language-16-year-follow-up/ This is a 7-minute video overview of this story:   A 28 year old man I will call “Bill” came to see …

This is an 5- minute video :   As a therapist, our choices about treatment methods are often shaped not only by training and research, but by something deeper: lived experience and ethical grounding. I want to share two key reasons why I personally do not use Prolonged Exposure Therapy …

Have you ever wondered how the “DSM” (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) to be? This is a must watch or listen to for mental health workers! This is a 5-minute intro video on a very important subject:     James Davies, PhD has been vocal about his concerns …

This 6-minute video shares how my Uncle Red found healing from 53 years of PTSD during a walk we took together in 1998:   Unbeknownst to me, I used a therapy technique called a “Pattern Interrupt” during a stressful moment with my favorite uncle. My uncle, then 83 years old, …

This 4-minute video distills a process I use with clients to track and reflect on progress throughout our therapy sessions.   Amazingly, I have never had a client come to me on their first visit with all positive emotions. Most people seek therapy to change their emotional states and some …

This 6-minute video will provide background on RTM (trademarked) and why RTM should be one of the number one VA “Evidence Based” therapy for PTSD Flashbacks and Intrusive memories:   In the realm of mental health interventions, there exists a remarkable procedure that has consistently demonstrated its efficacy: the Reconsolidation …

Why Doing Non-Content Psychotherapy is Healthy for the Therapist This is a 5-minute video overview on how to avoid burnout in the psychotherapy profession :   Psychotherapy, at its core, is about guiding clients through their emotional and psychological landscapes. Traditionally, therapists delve into the content of their clients’ narratives, …

This is a 6-minute video overview of this event:   Recently, I was contemplating my 40 + years as a therapist, pondering the true impact of my work. Reflecting on the past, I recalled numerous clients who considered suicide, whom I’ve supported through their darkest times. Did my other client …

Ever feel stuck in a behavior you wish you could change? What if the key to change wasn’t willpower, but a shift in identity. This post walks you through the amazing “Swish Pattern,” a fast way to retrain your brain and update who you believe yourself to be. Bonus Support …

This 6-minute Google video introduces one of the most powerful tools for personal transformation ever discovered in psychology. It’s a concise, eloquent look at how we can begin to rewrite the emotional patterns that shape our lives:   Over the past 40+ years, I’ve explored and applied many therapeutic models—both …

“The cure for pain is in the pain.” Rumi This brief 6-minute video shares my perspective on the myth of addiction—and offers a path toward healing that challenges conventional thinking:   When I was 23-years old, I asked my 48-year old father that hadn’t had a drink of alcohol for …

This is a 6 minute summary video:   Matthew Perry, a famous actor who starred in the TV sitcom “Friends”, had a history of drug and alcohol abuse. He spent over nine (9) million dollars and half of his life in and out of treatment or sober-living centers, had 14 …

This is a 4-minute video:   This is the most commented post on my blog. Many people tell me that they start their mornings using “ Box Breathing”, do it a few times during the day, and do it at night just before going to sleep. This has been proven …

This article discusses a highly successful method for treating PTSD, in existence since 1980. This is a 7- minute video:   It has only recently received funding for research to assess its efficacy and potentially recognize it as an “Evidence-Based Practice.” Over the past 44 years, this technique has been …

What Came First: The Chicken or the Egg of Depression? A Chemical Imbalance or Trauma? This is a 6-minute “Deep Dive Video”:   The “chicken or the egg” dilemma is a classic question that highlights the cyclical nature of cause and effect. Applied to mental health, the question becomes: is …

Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring has over a decade of experience as a board-certified psychiatrist and has previously served as a medical officer for the FDA. His expertise lies in a niche area of psychiatry, focusing on the side effects of psychiatric medications and strategies for their safe tapering. This is a …

This question that you are always asking yourself will determines how successful you will be as you move through life. This most important question you are always asking yourself is usually outside of your conscious awareness.This question you are always asking yourself is called the “Virtual Question”. This is a …

I have been using “Clean Language” interventions that were developed by David Grove and co-developer Cei Davies Linn for over thirty- one years. Unfortunately, this very eloquent modality has not received the attention it deserves in the therapy community. This might be helpful:  what-is-clean-language-therapy/ In 1994, Nancy was my first …

My Journey with Clean Language Therapy This is a 7-minute  video overview:   In 1993, I had the privilege of learning “Clean Language” from David Grove, a therapist from New Zealand. This innovative approach, known as “Clean Language Therapy,” quickly proved itself to be a powerful method for helping clients …

“Clean Language” is a distinctive approach in therapy that empowers the client by placing their own words and metaphors at the heart of the conversation. The power of Clean Language lies in its client-centered methodology. Therapists practicing Clean Language have to be meticulously attentive to the client’s language, using it as …

Check out the 5-minute video which explores the emotional state of “Peace” from my writings below:   In 1988, I attended  a five-day advanced Ericksonian hypnosis workshop in New Orleans. One morning we were asked to get into groups of three and to use both hands on the body of the …

“Wait a minute, Doc. Are you telling me you built a time machine?” This is a 5-minute video overview of this technique and 6 paragraphs below is an actual intervention using this model:   Imagine if we could trace the roots of our emotions as easily as we recall our …

There are  three (3) recordings on this post . First is a 5-minute overview, the actual session, and then a 2-year follow up:   To better understand this client session with a three year old, see the Part 1  post on this subject. Both clients had their younger selves “frozen …

After In 2010, a 40-year-old woman from New Zealand—one of my “Imperative Self Analysis” clients—cleared her brain fog in a single 30-minute online session. With her permission, I recorded the session and have included it in this post. There are two (2) audio recordings on this post. Both are 7-minutes …

This is a 5-minute video summary of curing a women’s panic attacks that were misdiagnosed as asthma attacks:   This intervention shows the power of “Clean Language Therapy” by healing a middle-aged woman’s panic attacks in a single 25-minute recorded therapy session. https://clintmatheny.com/what-is-clean-language-therapy/ Stress may trigger asthma or exacerbate the …

This is a 7-minute “Deep Dive Podcast: The video below has follow up interviews on Deborah’s two “Clean Language metaphor”sessions with me. https://clintmatheny.com/what-is-clean-language-therapy/ During the first session in 1995, Deborah’s Esophagitis, Spastic Colon and Gastritis were healed. I wasn’t aware of her medical conditions at the time of the session …

Most therapists have worked with adult clients that were amnesic to certain parts of their past that were caused by childhood traumas. Have you ever worked with a person that was totally amnesic to their identity? This condition is also called, “Retrograde, Dissociative Amnesia or Psychogenic Amnesia”. This is a …

“The Havening Technique” was developed in 2013, by the two Ruben brothers, Ronald and Steven . This technique is great for relaxing and for healing painful emotions (to include PTSD). This is a 4-minute video overview of this technique :   This 18 minute YouTube video by Tam Johnston gives …

Sigmund’s Psychoanalytic Couch Sigmund Freud got two things right: almost all adult psychological problems are rooted in childhood and he allowed his clients to avoid making eye to eye contact during the therapy session by placing himself behind the client. When you require the client to maintain the western social norm …

In 2017, psychotherapist and EMDR trainer Philip Manfield developed a new trauma procedure that he calls, “The Flash Technique” (FT). This technique is easy to learn and doesn’t require consciously reliving traumatic memories, unlike EMDR or Prolonged Exposure (PE) therapy. The Flash Technique enables trauma processing without triggering distress. This …

“If you are the smartest person in the room, then you are in the wrong room.” — Confucius Have you given personal advice by starting your sentence with, “If I were you?” “If I were you”, I would have your emotions, the same body, and the same personal history. In other …

This is a 6-minute video on why you voted as you did in the 2024 election: “Sorting for Self” vs. “Sorting for Others” has offered me valuable insights into how individuals process information, make decisions, or and relate to the world around them. After reading this post, you will become …

For over forty years I have worked with hundreds of people to eliminate their fear of flying. More than likely if you are reading this post, you can not imagine being relaxed in a seat on an airliner. You are not alone and you are putting yourself under unnecessary stress. …

I recommend you read this post first: https://clintmatheny.com/silent-skies-unmasking-amarillos-hidden-secrets/ This is a 6-minute unbelievable  “Video Overview” with documentation, about four (4) very unusual emergencies :   I served as an FAA air traffic controller from 1967 to 2004, and I’ve worked as a psychotherapist since 1984. As the title suggests, I truly …

This story describes how a repressed traumatic memory was triggered and resurfaced three decades after the event, and it explores the impact of this repressed memory on friendships I’ve cherished. There are two recordings in this post. First a 7-minute Video Overview and 4-minute audio with a friend that verifies …

This is a 5-minute video overview of the negative placebo effect:   Doctors, in their unique role, possess the ability to cast spells—not with wands, but with words. Their dialogue, delivered in the clinical sanctity of examination rooms, wields immense power. Patients, in their most vulnerable state, hang on every …

This is a 4-minute video introduction to the power of your mind to heal your mindbody:   For over 40-years I have been facilitating what some would call as, “ miracles”. I have always taken exception to that word, because it infers that these healings are unusual or magical. Most …

Hypnosis has been used in a few hospitals for over sixty years to help patients heal burns. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8712163/ This is 4-minute video introduction : Doctors still give sugar pills (placebos) to their patients. What is new is we know how to make the structure of a placebo (belief). In 1992, …

“In a healing journey, pain and emotions are like transient whispers of the heart; once mended, they often fade into the silent archives of our being.” Clint Matheny Since beginning my “Fear of Flying” practice in 1985, and mainly using the Reconsolidation of Traumatic Memories (RTM) procedure, I’ve made it …

Three and a half decades ago, a client approached me with a question: could she retrieve memories of her mother from before she was four years old? She had lost her mother to pneumonia at that tender age and retained no conscious recollection of her, save for the funeral. She …

I am going to teach you a few techniques to interrupt a panic attack. First you should get a diagnosis that you were actually experiencing an emotional panic attack. First see your primary care provider to determine if you are having panic attacks, panic disorder or another condition, such as …

This recording should only be played only in a safe place where you can use your complete focus of attention. After listening to the recording the first time you can use progressive relaxation from memory to go to sleep, or just relax, and I’m sure you will find other uses. Make sure …

Over 13 % of women in the United States will get breast cancer in their lifetimes. In May 2021, my wife Laurie, found she had a cancerous tumor in her left breast. While radiation therapy does play a crucial role in treating breast cancer, it can cause incidental damage to …

“People like people like themselves or people they would like to be like.” Author unknown  This is a 5- minute video on rapport: In 1985, I attended a twenty day communications and therapy workshop in Houston . The course was spread over ten weekends and on the first day we …

Whitney Houston’s song, “The Greatest Love of All” was a big hit during the 1980s. The song basically said that to love yourself was the greatest love of all. Unfortunately Whitney was never able to feel this love for herself and died from an overdose of drugs trying to escape …

Catherine Pearson of The NY Times, asked nearly a dozen experts in sex and intimacy for the advice they repeat again and again. For starters, they said, don’t get so hung up on how often you have, or want, sex. More: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/21/well/sex-therapy-questions.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb  

This is a 9-minute “Deep Dive Podcast”: Have you ever asked yourself that question? Most people have not and the answer to that question has a great impact upon relationships. My wife, Laurie, introduced me to a best selling book called “The 5 Languages of Love” by Gary Chapman. This …