About Menachem
Menachem Stulberger is a marriage and family therapist who uses a client-centered approach first and foremost. He draws on techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship concerns.
Background and approach
Menachem speaks English and sees clients from California and beyond. He emphasizes a warm, direct style in session.
Conversations are collaborative and focused on what matters to the person in front of him. He listens for the practical ways problems show up, then works with clients to try out small changes that can make daily life easier.
Menachem helps people handle parenting strain and family tension by improving communication and setting clearer boundaries. He also supports those facing career stress, anger, intimacy-related issues, and compassion fatigue.
Work with him often involves skill practice you can use between sessions. He trained for a Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy and holds MA LMFT licensure in New Hampshire while practicing in California.
Over a dozen years of clinical work have given him a range of experience with loss, life transitions, and emotional overwhelm. Sessions aim to balance emotional processing with concrete tools.
Menachem encourages honest, down-to-earth conversations and helps people build steps they can actually try at home. He approaches each client as an individual and adjusts the mix of approaches to fit goals.
People who reach out can expect steady listening and straightforward guidance. He values practical progress and works with clients at a pace that feels manageable.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects what is said, and helps the person identify their own goals and choices. This approach is helpful for people who want a supportive space to talk through feelings and decide on next steps.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Sessions often include short exercises and homework to try between meetings, which helps with anxiety, depression, and stress. Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, adds skills for managing strong emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness, useful for anger and relationship strain.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then suggest which techniques to try first. That plan can shift over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit sessions into workdays, travel, or a busy family schedule. Video allows face-to-face interaction for deeper conversation, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, chat can be a quick check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats provide flexibility so people can focus on progress without extra travel.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- California, New Jersey, North Dakota, Utah, Washington, Arizona, Oregon, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, District of Columbia, New Mexico, Ohio
- Languages
- English