Therapist profile
Stanton Speck, LMFT
California
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - Relationships and Addictions
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- Credentials
- LMFT
- License
- LMFT, California / 28113
- NPI
- 1033685060
- Experience
- 35 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- California
About
- Stress and anxiety
- Codependency issues
- First responder support
About Stanton
Stanton Speck is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 35 years of professional experience. He practices with California clients via telehealth and focuses on stress, anxiety, addictions, relationships, family conflicts, and parenting concerns. He also lists codependency, communication problems, and first responder issues among his areas of focus.
Stanton spent many years working with first responders and their families on trauma and work-related stress. He describes long experience helping people manage anxiety, handle addiction challenges, and sort through relationship and family problems. He draws on practical conversation and lived experience to address day-to-day struggles.
He also brings a personal connection to movement and risk, with five decades of motocross racing and surfing. He often links emotional work to people’s passions and activities, helping them face the mental side of what they love to do.
In sessions he aims to create an open environment for talking about thoughts and feelings. He encourages direct, honest talk about how patterns like people-pleasing or staying in crisis affect daily life. The focus is on small, actionable changes rather than abstract theory.
Stanton works with adults who want clearer boundaries and better coping skills. He offers telehealth to California residents and conducts an intake that includes a short questionnaire followed by scheduling the first session.
How sessions work
How therapeutic approaches work in online sessions
Stanton works with evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common method helps people spot and change unhelpful behavior patterns by identifying triggers, testing new responses, and reviewing what worked. This approach is useful for stress, anxiety, and recurring relationship habits such as people-pleasing.Another approach emphasizes processing work-related or traumatic stress by organizing memories, reducing overwhelming reactions, and building coping skills for daily life. This can help those with post-traumatic stress or first responder stress manage strong emotions and improve functioning.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Stanton discusses goals, life demands, and preferences with each person and then selects techniques together. The plan can be adjusted as progress is reviewed so the work matches changing needs.
Session formats are not listed in the original biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when schedules demand, or avoid travel time so emotional work fits alongside daily life. Many people find telehealth helps keep momentum without rearranging their whole day.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
35+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does he help with?
He works with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and family problems, parenting concerns, and related issues such as codependency and communication problems.
What is his therapeutic style?
He uses practical, evidence-based techniques and straightforward conversation to help people change patterns and improve coping skills.
How much experience does he have?
He has 35 years of professional experience as a therapist and many years working with first responders and their families.
What are his credentials and where is he based?
He is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) licensed in California and currently provides services to clients in California.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients book sessions?
He is not currently accepting international clients and works with people located in California for telehealth sessions.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Choose the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.