Jeffrey Steer

Jeffrey Steer is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who helps people manage stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and issues around relationships and parenting. He works with concerns such as addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, intimacy-related problems, and LGBT-related worries. Jeffrey brings 18 years of clinical experience and aims to meet clients where they are.

He earned a Master of Arts in Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy from Chapman University in Monterey, California. He has practiced in community resource centers and residential treatment facilities and has been licensed in California since 2007 as an LMFT - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.

Jeffrey favors a strength-based, cognitive-behavioral approach while tailoring methods to each person. That means he looks for existing strengths to build on, and uses practical, evidence-based steps to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. Sessions begin with getting a clear sense of the person's goals and current challenges.

He emphasizes collaboration when developing a plan, so clients know the steps they will take between sessions. He pays attention to the relationship in the room and uses it to support progress. The focus is on clear, doable change rather than jargon or long, theoretical explanations.

Jeffrey aims to help people move forward by creating manageable goals and checking progress as therapy continues. He adapts pacing and tools to each person’s needs and preferences.

Approaches That Target Anger, Stress, and Anxiety

Jeffrey draws on cognitive-behavioral methods that focus on how thoughts and behaviors interact. This approach helps people notice patterns that feed anger or anxiety and practice hands-on strategies to change reactions and build better habits.

He also uses a strength-based perspective which looks for existing skills and coping resources to expand. That approach helps people tap what already works for them and apply those strengths to stressful situations and relationship problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will ask about a person’s goals, preferences, and day-to-day challenges and then suggest techniques to try. Clients and the therapist decide together what feels most helpful and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Practical benefits of online therapy can include fitting sessions into a busy schedule, shorter check-ins when needed, and easier access when travel would be difficult. The therapist profile does not list specific session formats, so please confirm the current options before booking. Online sessions can make it simpler to continue work between appointments and to try tools in the context of real life.