About Jeffrey
Jeffrey Steer is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 18 years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. He works with individuals on issues like depression, addictions, anger, grief, and intimacy-related concerns. He also supports people dealing with parenting pressures, relationship strain, family conflict, and trauma and abuse.
Jeffrey earned a Master of Arts in Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy from Chapman University in Monterey, California.
Background and approach
He has practiced in community resource centers and residential treatment settings across California since earning his California LMFT in 2007. His style is practical and strengths-focused. He begins by getting to know each person and what they want from therapy.
Sessions emphasize the client’s strengths while addressing the problems that brought them in. Jeffrey uses cognitive-behavioral ideas and other evidence-based techniques to shape a plan that fits each person. He explains options clearly and adjusts methods to match each client’s needs and goals.
Progress is tracked through collaborative steps rather than one-size-fits-all approaches. Communication and the working relationship are central to his approach. He aims to create a straightforward process where people feel heard, set realistic goals, and take manageable steps toward improvement.
This practical focus is intended to help clients make steady progress in daily life.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Jeffrey draws on cognitive-behavioral techniques that focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing everyday behaviors to reduce anxiety and low mood. These methods lay out practical skills people can use between sessions to manage stress and mood.He also uses a strengths-based, solution-focused orientation that highlights what already works for a person and builds on those abilities. This approach is useful for setting short-term goals and creating step-by-step plans for parenting challenges, relationship stress, or managing cravings and addictive behaviors.
Finding the right mix of techniques is a collaborative process. Jeffrey will talk with each person about their goals, try approaches that fit their needs, and adjust methods as progress is made. Clients and therapist work together to decide which strategies feel most helpful and realistic.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for scheduling and access. Video calls let people use visual cues during sessions, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is an issue, and live chat or text-based messaging can support shorter check-ins or crisis-oriented messages between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work breaks, parenting schedules, or when traveling, while maintaining regular contact with a licensed professional.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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