Matt Casper, M.A. MFT. Matt is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. He received his bachelor's degree from Duke University and his master's degree from the California Graduate Institute of Professional Psychology and Psychoanalysis. Matt currently lives in Los Angeles, California where he is in private practice as a psychotherapist. He is the co-author of a series of children's books--The Emotes. The Emotes line of books and toys were designed to help children identify, understand and express their emotions.