Matthew Robert Horton, LPC

I was not going to leave a review but I feel a responsibility to warn others of this therapist. He lied in my after care summaries about things he asked me. For example he said he asked if I had applied a  technique he had told me the week before. He NEVER asked and then proceeded to document that I had not applied the technique.  I had actually applied the technique and above that had gotten a book on it to learn more. Also, he said I was resisting his suggestions when that was not the case at all. I simply was asking how I could specifically apply it to my situation. He became very hostile towards me in our second meeting. He also diagnosed me with a serious disorder during our second session. I have since seen a psychologist who wanted his name to report him because his diagnosis was incorrect and my now provider said irresponsible for just 2 sessions. I am emotionally stable and did seek other treatment but as the person before me stated it is very concerning that he would behave this way with someone who was not. Im glad that person wrote a review so thanks to them because it gave me the courage to write my experience. 

It took me quite a while to pursue therapy for a number of reasons, at least one of which was concern over my ability to connect with a therapist that would be able to connect with my story and offer empathic insight into how to improve mental health. What I could not have anticipated in even my darkest imagination, however, was to be actively berated and insulted by an alleged "professional" in only our second meeting. Mr. Horton became agitated that I was "intellectualizing" my emotions when I attempted to add nuance to his over-simplified assessments of my story. Within 15 minutes of our second meeting, not even having spoken to me for an hour across our two sessions, Mr. Horton presumed to understand me better than I knew myself, told me I was "difficult to talk to" and became audibly angry with me, even actively insulting me before he ended our meeting early. At no point was I anything other than polite and made earnest attempts to answer his questions with respect to my own privacy and the minimal rapport he had developed (again, after less than an hour total of time together). I find it shameful this man was able to be licensed to provide care to those in mental distress, as the flagrant insults made by Mr. Horton and the tone with which they were delivered could quite possibly have dire consequences for someone in a more emotional vulnerable state. Anyone seeking mental health care would be better off burning the money they would have spent for his services.