Jeffrey Lavallee, LMFT

Jeffrey Lavallee is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 34 years of clinical experience. He helps people facing anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, trauma, grief, addiction, and issues like ADHD and parenting stress. His manner is direct but warm, offering practical ways to move forward when life feels stuck.

He favors a straightforward, problem-focused style. Sessions often include clear tools and exercises people can use between meetings. Jeffrey listens for patterns in relationships and daily habits, then works with clients to build different ways of coping and communicating.

Jeffrey draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. He also uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect current bonds. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are mixed in when emotion regulation and stress tolerance are needed.

In conversation he stays practical and respectful. He avoids labels and focuses on the next step a person can take. People leave sessions with tasks or skills to try and time to reflect on progress at the next visit.

Clients who choose Jeffrey can expect a collaborative process. He tailors the plan to each situation and adjusts tools as things change. He works from his Utah licensure as an LMFT and offers standard session formats to fit different schedules.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments. It helps with anxiety, depression, sleep and behavior patterns by giving concrete tools to change thinking and routine.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current connections. It helps people improve closeness, trust, and communication by noticing long-standing interaction habits and trying new ways of relating.

DBT, or Dialectical Behavior Therapy, teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills. Those tools are useful when emotions feel overwhelming or when communication repeatedly breaks down.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals and try methods that match your needs. Together you can adjust strategies as progress is made so sessions stay useful and relevant.

Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video works well for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can fit a short break or lower bandwidth, live chat and messaging suit quick check-ins or written reflection. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping treatment consistent.