IFS-Informed

Therapy

Matt Colaciello Counseling

M.S., RMHC

Space to heal, reconnect, & grow.

Whether you’re struggling with anxiety, trauma, or the quiet ache of self-doubt, it can feel like the same challenges keep circling back no matter how much effort you put into changing them. Therapy offers something different: an opportunity to slow down, listen inwardly, and discover the natural wisdom already within you—the part of you that knows how to heal.

Therapy vs. Coaching

While my coaching practice focuses on growth, purpose, and integrating insight into everyday life, therapy provides the depth and structure needed to heal emotional wounds, process trauma, and support mental health within a clinical framework. Therapy may include coaching-like moments of reflection and action, but its foundation is healing and integration from the inside out.

My approach to therapy

Sometimes it can feel like you have to go to battle with what challenges you. But true healing comes from reconnecting with your wholeness and learning to live from deeper steadiness, self-awareness, and care.

My work as a therapist blends Internal Family Systems (IFS), mindfulness, and somatic awareness. Together, these approaches help us understand not just what you think or feel, but how your whole system—mind, body, and nervous system—responds to the world.

In our sessions, we’ll explore the parts of you that carry stress, pain, or protective roles and support them in finding relief. Using mindfulness and body-based practices, we’ll create the conditions for your system to settle, making space for clarity, compassion, and confidence to emerge naturally.

My Areas of Expertise

I work with adults navigating:

  • Anxiety and chronic stress

  • Trauma and PTSD

  • Relationship and attachment struggles

  • Low self-esteem and self-criticism

  • Life transitions

  • Identity exploration

  • Creating safety in the body

  • Increasing focus and emotional stability

  • Spiritual wounding and renewal

If what you’re looking to work on in therapy isn’t on this list, I may still be able to support you. Reach out for a free consultation to discuss.

What to Expect

Initial Sessions

Our first couple of sessions are a chance to get to know each other and begin mapping the territory of your inner world. I support you in clarifying what feels heavy, what feels hopeful, and what you’d like to shift. I also provide some initial tools for you to use in addressing your most pressing concerns.

Continuing Progress

A few sessions into our work together, therapy becomes a conversation between you and your inner aspects, a process that accelerates your journey to self-awareness, healing, and growth. Many clients describe feeling more grounded in their bodies, more free, more spacious in their minds, and more compassionate toward themselves after only a month or so of therapy.

My Credentials

RMHC, FL License No. IMH28445

M.S. Clinical Mental Health Counseling, University of North Florida

IFS Stepping Stones Certificate, Internal Family Systems Counseling Association

Spiritual Competency Training in Mental Health, University of South Alabama

Effortless Mindfulness Level III Facilitator Certification, Effortless Mindfulness Institute

B.A. Communications, Northwestern University

Next Steps

If you’re ready to begin this work, I’d be honored to meet you. I offer sessions both in person in Jacksonville, Florida, and online for residents of Florida. Learn more about my work on my Psychology Today profile and feel free to schedule a free 20-minute consultation. We’ll talk about what’s bringing you to therapy and see if it feels like a good fit.

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