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 “The real purpose of psychotherapy is not to help people understand their suffering. It is to help them stop suffering.” The …

In 1984, I didn’t know the term “memory reconsolidation”. No one in the psychotherapy field did. What I knew – purely from results – was that if you could get a person into the emotional state tied to a traumatic event, and then require them to perform a specific internal …

  Why trauma doesn’t break identity- it builds it This is a 6 – minute video overview on the making of personality (by me):   1. The Life With No “Before” Most people think they have a personality. I don’t think they do. What I see, over and over again, …

This is a 15 – minute “Deep Dive” audio on a really deep subject:   One of the many avocations I’ve had over my 80 years was serving as the assistant funeral home director at Kilpatrick’s Funeral Homes in West Monroe, Louisiana, in 1966. Amidst the heavy silence of grieving …

“If you’re still breathing, the story isn’t over – and you don’t owe your suffering a sequel.” This is a 5-minute overview video:   This is a 19 – minute “Deep Dive”:   A trauma is not an experience. It is an emotional response to an experience. A trauma is …

  On May 30, 1972, at Greater Southwest Airport, I watch a devastating aircraft crash of a DC-9. This is a 13-minute “Deep Dive” audio that is worth your time:   The day before, I had spent more than three hours flying with the three pilots involved – an experience …

My Story This is a 6 – minute video overview of  my story: It was 1996, just past 5:15 a.m., and I was driving to work at the FAA Terminal Radar Approach Control Facility (TRACON) at Houston Intercontinental Airport. Air traffic control was my full- time job and psychotherapy was …

    Is seeing (really) believing? This is a 5 – minute overview video on how a girl healed her lazy eye and recovered her vision in her eye. There are also videos below of the actual session and 13- year follow-up.   As therapists, we hold the extraordinary capacity …

There are two (2) videos on this post : A 6-minute overview video and the actual 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 …

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 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 …

When people hear “evidence‑based therapy,” they assume it means: “This is the treatment proven to work best.” But more often, it means: “This is the treatment someone could afford to study.” This is a 15 – minute “Deep Dive” audio: This is a 6  – minute video overview on this …

Most people think healing old emotional pain has to be complicated. All of the posts on my blog are uncomplicated. They are all based on a fairly new biological science called “memory reconsolidation”. This is a 6-minute video overview:   Our brain has a built-in mechanism for permanently rewriting the …

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 …

In their quest to alleviate suffering, medical doctors may have dulled the very instrument of healing: feeling itself. Caution: See Medical Disclaimer at the end This is a 5-minute video overview:   For the past five decades, antidepressants SSRIs benzodiazepines, or stimulants like Adderal have been prescribed as frontline treatments …

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 …

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. Without me having a therapist friend that I introduced her into …

This 6-minute video tells the story of a woman who resolved 30 years of clinical depression in a single session – without medication, without electric shock treatment, or without years of talk therapy. The method? Clean Language, a therapeutic approach rooted in memory reconsolidation.   In addition, below are three …

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 audio interview is below. The first posting was using Clean Language on Metaphors to heal depression (see the …

This is a 7- 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 …

This “Memory Reconsolidation” method session on depression took place in 1985. There are two other posts on this blog dealing with depression using two different methods: 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 session:   A 23-minute Google “Deep Dive”:     A 28-year old man …

Caution!: Only listen to the audios below in a safe place Shame isn’t who you are – it’s a past-based emotional learning that keeps your nervous system stuck in one moment in time. In this 10-minute self-directed process, using memory reconsolidation, you’ll go to the day before the shame event …

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 …

In 1998, during an ordinary walk with my Uncle Red, something extraordinary happened – something neither of us recognized at the time. Before “memory reconsolidation” was a clinical term, I accidentally triggered it. And in just 35 words, his 53 years of combat PTSD dissolved. This is a 3 – …

This 4-minute video outlines a process I have used for over 35 – years with clients to track and reflect on their progress in therapy.   Amazingly, I have never had a client come to me on their first visit with all positive emotions. Most people seek therapy to change …

Why Doing Non-Content Psychotherapy is Healthy for the Therapist This is a 6- 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’ …

This is an introduction to a book I am writing. The PDF book is my first and most likely my last. The  link to the free book is at the bottom of this post. First: Do you know the 5 – 7 emotions that you experience almost daily? Your Emotional …

  This is a 5-minute video overview:   One of the problems I see in psychotherapy is what I call the Psychological Whac-A-Mole Game. A client comes in with anxiety. The therapist works on the anxiety. The anxiety improves, but now shame shows up. The therapist works on the shame. …

This is a 4-minute Google video overview:   From Imperative Self Analysis to the Emotional Autopilot Reset: I am approaching 81 years of age and have practiced psychotherapy for over 41 years. Like many therapists, I have had favorite modalities. Mine have been Clean Language (what-is-clean-language-therapy/) and the Imperative Self …

We’re children pretending to be adults – most of us just don’t realize it. And the part doing the pretending? That’s your Imperative Self. Almost every emotional problem is driven by an unconscious childhood command – Do, Be, or Get — that shapes your perception, reactions, identity, and behaviors. That’s …

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 …

“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 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 …

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 overview on which we explores the emotional state of “Peace” from my writings below:   This is a 21 – minute “Deep Dive”:     In 1988, I attended  a five-day advanced Ericksonian hypnosis workshop in New Orleans. One morning we were asked to get …

“Wait a minute, Doc. Are you telling me you built a time machine?” “Back to the Future.” It is built on a simple but powerful principle: Go to before the trauma – establish resources – and then observe the trauma from the future perspective, not from inside the original event. …

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 …

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 session. With her permission, I recorded the session and have included it in this post. There are two (2) audio recordings on this post. The first one …

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 …