MATT BURTON

RECOVERY IS HARD WORK, BUT WORTH IT."
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Matt Burton’s life has been one spent in two different worlds. One as a business leader/media personality, the other as a Trauma Specialist and Recovery Coach.  ​Many know him from childhood through adulthood as a performer, a former star athlete, on-air personality, CEO/ founder/social entrepreneur of 10 different companies.  But for Matt, the survivor of countless forms of trauma that he medicated through addiction; he found that sobriety, recovery, and helping others to become unbound from addiction, trauma and other areas of struggle to be much more rewarding.

For more than 28 years, as a recovery coach, mentor, teacher, trainer, leader and trauma specialist, Matt has helped thousands of men and their partners experience healing from chemical addictions , process addictions, intimacy anorexia™, and relational trauma. ​

MAKING A DIFFERENCE

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​HELPING THOUSANDS

As he healed from his own addiction and trauma, he started sharing what was working in his life with others.  It began after college, working as a front-line worker at a group home for boys.  After that, for more than 28 years, he had a dual career as business leader and Recovery Coach. That included his commitment to serving native American young people and their families on Indian reservations.  During the almost 10 years I did this work, including the 2 years I lived on the Crow Reservation, we helped thousands of native youths and their families overcome addiction, heal from trauma and discover their individual and collective purpose.
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Soon after that, Matt founded Helping Men Heal, an organization dedicated to helping men heal from trauma and loss.  Next came Healthy Minds Group, an organization that trained thousands of front-line workers and clinician on male trauma, African American/Black Male Trauma, the Impacts of male trauma on the family, Male Trauma and Corrections and how unattended male trauma Impacted women.  Next we created a total employee health program for correctional systems that was found to vastly Improve health In many areas of wellness simultaneously.  
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EXPERIENCE


BREAKING THE SHACKLES OF ADDICTION AND TRAUMA

Matt Burton has been in pornography addiction recovery since 1992.  In 1994, he was a part of starting FMO/FWO (For Men Only/For Women Only) for pornography and sexual addiction recovery.  Since 1994, Matt has worked with pornography addicts, sexual addicts, and their partners to help them find healing, maintain sobriety, and heal and restore their relationships.
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Additionally, for over two decades, Matt has worked with men that have experienced many forms of trauma and is the author of groundbreaking book The Unbound Man – Breaking the Shackles of Trauma & Abuse Experienced by Men.  Matt has helped men and their partners heal from trauma and has also been specifically trained to work with women that have experienced Partner Betrayal Trauma.

He is a certified sexual addiction recovery coach (SRC), partners recovery coach (PRC), intimacy anorexia® coach (IAC), nationally certified recovery coach (NCRC), nationally certified family recovery coach (NCFRC), life coach, certified clinical trauma specialist for both individuals and families (CCTSI) (CCTSF) and certified clinical trauma specialist for trauma and addiction (CCTSA).
“Matt Burton opens the door to his soul with his book The Unbound Man. It is this opening that will provide a foundation for other men to share their stories, use his framework, and find their path to healing. Matt shows other men how their stories matter and courageously demonstrates through his words that they do not have to suffer in silence or go it alone. This book will become a staple of my professional library. It will be a tool and resource for those who are working on their journey of healing. The Unbound Man is a must-read for understanding the traumas men often face. This book is honest, raw, and moving, but most of all – offers hope that healing is not only possible but achievable.”
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Courtland McPherson, MSW, LCSW
Psychotherapist, CVO, Little Red Telescope Psychotherapy