Donald D. Matthews, Psy.D
Donald D. Matthews, Psy.D
Integrative Behavioral Health Coach / Consultant
Integrative Behavioral Health Coach / Consultant
Meditation/Qigong Instructor
Meditation/Qigong Instructor
Embedded Files
Improve your mental health and psychological well being today!
Integrative Behavioral Health (IBH) is a patient-centered approach in which health practitioners work together to treat the whole person, combining physical, mental, and substance use health with lifestyle factors for coordinated, comprehensive care, making it easier for patients to have all their needs met seamlessly and to improve outcomes. It moves away from fragmented care, using a multidisciplinary approach from doctors, therapists, social workers, holistic and complementary practitioners to address issues like stress, chronic pain, substance use, and mental health conditions alongside physical illnesses. IBH addresses interconnected mental health (anxiety, depression) and substance use issues simultaneously, recognizing they often co-occur. Integrative behavioral health for addiction combines traditional therapy (like CBT, DBT) with holistic mind-body practices like yoga, mindfulness and mindful breathing, meditation, acupuncture, music therapy and physical activities (exercise, qigong and tai chi) to treat the whole person, addressing co-occurring mental health issues and building new coping skills for long-term recovery, focusing on a coordinated approach for substance use and mental health disorders.
Integrative Behavioral Health (IBH) is a patient-centered approach in which health practitioners work together to treat the whole person, combining physical, mental, and substance use health with lifestyle factors for coordinated, comprehensive care, making it easier for patients to have all their needs met seamlessly and to improve outcomes. It moves away from fragmented care, using a multidisciplinary approach from doctors, therapists, social workers, holistic and complementary practitioners to address issues like stress, chronic pain, substance use, and mental health conditions alongside physical illnesses. IBH addresses interconnected mental health (anxiety, depression) and substance use issues simultaneously, recognizing they often co-occur. Integrative behavioral health for addiction combines traditional therapy (like CBT, DBT) with holistic mind-body practices like yoga, mindfulness and mindful breathing, meditation, acupuncture, music therapy and physical activities (exercise, qigong and tai chi) to treat the whole person, addressing co-occurring mental health issues and building new coping skills for long-term recovery, focusing on a coordinated approach for substance use and mental health disorders.
Cognitive Behavioral Coaching
The goal of cognitive behavioral therapy and cognitive behavioral coaching is to help individuals to recognize distortions in our thinking that lead to non productive habits and patterns of thinking and the underlying emotions that feed or support these patterns. Cognitive behavioral approaches in coaching help individuals examine the relationship between thoughts, emotions, and behavior and their desired goals and future outcomes. Understanding these relationships helps us to feel more in control and less likely to react to events in ways that negatively impact or limit our individual performance.
The goal of cognitive behavioral therapy and cognitive behavioral coaching is to help individuals to recognize distortions in our thinking that lead to non productive habits and patterns of thinking and the underlying emotions that feed or support these patterns. Cognitive behavioral approaches in coaching help individuals examine the relationship between thoughts, emotions, and behavior and their desired goals and future outcomes. Understanding these relationships helps us to feel more in control and less likely to react to events in ways that negatively impact or limit our individual performance.
Virtual coaching and support can help you achieve your goals and address your cognitive challenges. Watch this short video about cognitive behavioral coaching. For a consultation, you can reach me at the link at the top of the page.
Learn more about my books at www.mindfulbreathing.net or at Amazon.com.
A compilation of three short works from the Mindful Living Series, intended to be both a self-help resource library for those interested in mindfulness practices, a practitioner's guide to mindful breathing, a motivational text for those seeking to create a self-care practice, and an inspirational manifesto to help guide readers toward a more mindful life. The intention is that through self-help and self-care practices such as mindfulness and mindful breathing, we can cultivate wellness and well-being, creating a mindful life. Available at Kindle KDP and Amazon.
New for 2026 - Trauma Informed Practices: Teaching Self Regulation through Mindfulness to Children and Adolescents
Now Available in Paperback at Amazon.com
This book is meant to be a primer for teachers and educational professionals, and trauma-paraprofessionals and school leaders who work with children every day. It provides an introduction to trauma-informed practices that promote self-regulation. The book gives an overview of concepts that are critical to the understanding of trauma-informed practice, including attachment theory, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), toxic stress, trauma-informed practices, and trauma-informed schools. It also provides the reader with a conceptual framework for trauma-informed teaching practices and how they promote resilience and neuroplasticity. Teachers and school practitioners can use this book to become more informed about trauma-centered interventions and mindfulness strategies for teaching self-regulation. It also explores mindfulness teacher training and building a trauma-informed community.
Trauma-Informed Schools and Practices: Creating Resilient and Caring School Communities for Learning
This book is about empowering schools, teachers, and school leaders to become trauma-informed educators and to create trauma-informed organizations. It attempts to develop a deeper understanding of how trauma impacts student behavior, requiring teachers to use behavioral strategies that help students learn to manage emotions and behaviors that affect learning. It fosters an understanding that motivates us to develop empathy and compassion for our students and families and to build caring school communities for learning. Trauma-informed practices can also be used to teach adaptive behaviors that will support the student’s social, emotional, and academic growth. In communities where trauma and toxic stress are prevalent, teachers who develop trauma awareness are able to employ trauma-informed teaching practices to mitigate the impacts of childhood trauma and create safe spaces for children to process traumatic events.
Page updated
Google Sites
Report abuse