About Us
Hello and Welcome!
My name is Matt, and I am a licensed professional counselor and supervisor with twenty-one years' experience working with individuals with Serious and Persistent Mental Illness (SPMI). I am also nationally certified as a Master Addiction Counselor, and in South Carolina I am certified as an Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor.
Throughout my career helping others, I acquired proficiency in crisis counseling, cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), trauma-informed therapies, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Motivational Interviewing (MI), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).
The current focus of Earth & Air Counseling Services is to provide a world-class training experience for Counselor Associates in South Carolina. Capitalizing on my years' work treating those with Mental Illness, my goal is to educate and develop new counselors' knowledge, skills, and attitudes for them to effectively treat clients of their own.
Earth & Air Counseling is also available to provide therapy services to patients experiencing distress. The goal of our work is to reduce suffering in all its forms and help every person build a life worth living.
Testimonials
Words from actual patients:
"Matt has been a wonderful resource for me during an extremely difficult time! He is understanding and provides meaningful advice when warranted. He also has a way of allowing me to answer some of my own questions and guides me into making my own realizations without giving me "right or wrong" scenarios. No situation is the same, and he empathizes with my experiences without judgement."
"I was very nervous about opening up to a stranger . Through our early messages and then video calls, I quickly realized that Matthew made the process feel a lot less scary. I feel comfortable being vulnerable with him."
"Matthew Dugan gives a great amount of detail and comparisons that help me understand my own situation better, and also helps guide me with advice on calmness and mindful awareness."
"Matthew is very kind and works with you as you feel needed. He is down to earth, you feel like friends talking and not doctor patient.