Matt helped me understand how my childhood has effected my marriage. He helped me understand there are boundaries to which no one should cross and I have the power and ability to set those boundaries. … [Read more...]

Matt listened and directed my thinking in a way that made sense. He helped me rediscover my God relationship. God and I have a much better relationship because of counseling. … [Read more...]

Matt helped me understand how to think of others to have a fulfilling life. He helped me see the need to break out of my safe zone and take risks to do things in different ways to achieve different results. He helped me understand the relationship between how I was nurtured or not nurtured as a child and mapping my views of my parents onto God whereas I should map the ideal view onto God and rely on that ideal to be met not the limited defective images I've seen through my parents. … [Read more...]

As a marriage counselor, Matt helped me by being a true neutral party. He gave simple, sound advise, which was easy to put in place and to see the results. … [Read more...]

I was very glad to be able to be in contact with a Christian counselor to begin with. Matt Pavlik is easy to talk to and comfortable to be around, even for someone who has been uncomfortable around strangers their whole life. Matt showed concern and redirected my thoughts, when I needed for my highest good. He was patient with me which was greatly needed. He pointed out directly and indirectly both, of how and what my idea of how things should be, how they really were and the compromising of … [Read more...]

Matt has several skills as a counselor that I have appreciated during the five months I was in counseling. The first skill is his ability to ask questions that go right to the heart of the issue. Sometimes I did not like his questions, however, through answering them I was able to begin to see more clearly the real problem. Secondly, Matt challenged my thinking pattern. He helped me to begin to see how my thought pattern was dysfunctional. He also showed me a way to begin making my own decisions … [Read more...]