Jeffrey Stambook, LMFT

Jeffrey Stambook is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with deep roots in community-based mental health work. He began his career in 1998 in a small farming community near Bakersfield, California, where he provided mental health case management for children and families at a community health clinic. That early experience inspired him to pursue advanced training and a wider range of clinical roles, including a period working in a mental hospital to build skills that would support private practice. He became licensed in California in 2006 and began seeing clients in his own office shortly thereafter.

He centers his work on listening carefully and offering clients a nonjudgmental space to explore their challenges. He emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion while helping people identify practical solutions and encouraging changes in longstanding habits such as patterns of negative thinking. His clinical stance is grounded largely in cognitive-behavioral approaches, and he integrates client-centered principles, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused techniques as needed. Couples work is a key area of his practice; he has training in the Gottman Method developed by Drs. John and Julie Gottman and frequently uses that material with the couples he sees.

Jeffrey views counseling as a resource for anyone coping with life stressors - not only for people in crisis. He encourages seeking help early rather than waiting until problems escalate, noting that timely support can prevent avoidable distress. As a therapist, he strives to combine practical strategies with attentive listening to help individuals and couples move toward healthier patterns and stronger relationships.