In the last few months, Matt has been featured in several publications, largely drawing on his experiences providing online couples therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic. He explained to these newspapers and magazines about how quarantine has affected couples, relationships, and dating, as well as increased loneliness and isolation.

Matt spoke to The New York Times in “Tackle Reopening Choices as a Couple” on how partners can have divergent views about what staying safe looks like during the pandemic, especially with lockdown orders differing in various cities and states. One partner may be okay with dining inside a restaurant or going to a small gathering, while the other may not be. Unsurprisingly, this division can cause stress in a relationship, which may already be tense due to months of quarantine. In the article, Matt urged couples to be curious about each other’s ideas of safety rather than treating the other’s opinion with derision.

For couples who saw their relationships suddenly go long distance while self-isolating, Matt provided some strategies for maintaining closeness even when not together physically to People Magazine. In “Your Relationship Suddenly Went Long Distance due to the Pandemic: How To Make it Work,” Matt suggested planning virtual dates over video chat (even if you’ve got Zoom fatigue) and learning to communicate even more since misunderstandings can increase remotely.

Matt was most recently quoted in Shape Magazine’s “Are You Really Busy or Just *Really* Lonely?” which delved into how the pandemic has changed the way people cope with loneliness or friction in relationships now that busy social schedules can’t be used as a method of avoiding uncomfortable feelings. He also appeared in Shape’s earlier “Here’s Why Your Exes Are Texting You During Quarantine,” observing how craving intimacy during quarantine can lead to sending or receiving messages from exes and how people can conscientiously navigate these communications.

Lastly, Matt spoke with InStyle Magazine on how emphasizing the notion of soulmates may affect relationships and dating in “In 2020, What Does a ‘Soulmate’ Really Mean?” In particular, Matt emphasized that this “all-or-nothing” approach to love might be limiting or hurtful for people who are dating.