Who Is Matthew Stefanelli?
Matthew J. Stefanelli, MS, LPC, is a licensed professional counselor based in Blakely, Pennsylvania, where he practices through Stefanelli Counseling. Pennsylvania healthcare records list Stefanelli as a licensed professional counselor, with his practice located in Blakely.
His professional background combines clinical counseling with teaching. According to Stefanelli Counseling, he has worked as an adjunct professor in the Department of Counseling and Human Services at the University of Scranton since 2005, teaching at both undergraduate and graduate levels.
Career and Professional Work
Stefanelli earned his degree from the University of Scranton and developed a counseling practice focused on psychodynamic and psychoanalytic approaches. His professional profile describes experience working with a broad range of psychological and behavioral concerns.
His areas of clinical work include addiction, substance-use concerns, sexual disorders, personality issues, trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties and behavioral disorders. He also works with members of healthcare and legal professions and with other practicing psychotherapists.
Stefanelli Counseling provides individual, couples, family and group therapy for adolescents and adults. The practice also offers clinical supervision for mental-health professionals.
Professional Standing
Current provider records continue to list Matthew J. Stefanelli as a Pennsylvania licensed professional counselor. A 2026 Geisinger provider directory lists him at Stefanelli Counseling in Blakely, while a federal healthcare provider record identifies Matthew Stefanelli as the authorized official of Stefanelli Counseling and Consulting LLC.
These records are important when evaluating online claims about his status. At the time of publication, the available authoritative sources reviewed do not establish that Stefanelli has died.
What About Reports of His Death?
Searches for a Matthew Stefanelli obituary in Pennsylvania did not produce a reliable obituary, funeral-home notice or official death announcement matching the licensed counselor in Blakely.
Because several people can share the same name, an obituary should be tied to identifying information such as an age, date of death, family announcement, funeral-home notice or verified news report before publication.
For now, the available evidence supports reporting on Matthew Stefanelli’s professional career and counseling work rather than announcing his death.