Jeffrey Lavallee
Experienced LMFT helping people build healthier lives
LMFT Utah
- Experience
- 34 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Relationship, Trauma and abuse, Self esteem
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Jeffrey
Jeffrey Lavallee is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) practicing in Utah who brings 34 years of clinical experience to his work with clients facing relationship challenges, trauma and abuse, mood disorders, anxiety, addictions, and a wide range of life stressors.
Background and approach
He also addresses concerns such as self-esteem, grief, parenting, ADHD, eating and sleeping difficulties, and issues tied to adoption, attachment, and caregiver stress. His background includes long-term practice as a therapist and life coach, giving him a broad perspective on emotional and practical obstacles.
His approach blends practical, evidence-informed techniques with a compassionate, straightforward manner. Jeffrey often uses cognitive behavioral methods alongside attachment-focused and emotion-centered work, shaping conversations and interventions to fit each person’s needs.
He describes his style as warm and interactive while remaining direct and supportive, aiming to respect each client’s experience without stigmatizing labels. Jeffrey frames therapy as a collaborative process that helps people build skills, clarify goals, and move toward more satisfying relationships and daily functioning.
Prospective clients in Utah who want a tailored plan that combines skill-building and deeper exploration can expect a clinician with decades of experience and a flexible, client-centered orientation.
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support
Jeffrey uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help clients identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns that contribute to anxiety, depression, and stress. Attachment-based work looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people understand and repair relational dynamics that affect intimacy and trust. He also draws on dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills to teach practical strategies for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving interpersonal effectiveness.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each client to explore goals, preferences, and the nature of the presenting concerns, then recommend or combine methods that fit the person’s needs. This flexible planning is intended to match practical skill-building with deeper relational or emotional work as appropriate.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which provides flexibility for scheduling and communication style. These formats can make it easier to maintain continuity of care while balancing work, family, and other commitments, and they allow therapists to adapt interventions to the medium that suits each client best.
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Experience
34+ years
Licensed
Utah
Languages
English