About Us

Dr. Wong has over 25 years of experience working with individuals and families as a mental health professional. His areas of expertise are depression, anxiety, marital issues, academic issues, spirituality, relationship, and trauma.
Using an eclectic approach, he provides support and practical feedback to help clients address personal life challenges effectively. He integrates complementary methodologies and techniques to offer a highly personalized approach tailored to each client. With compassion and understanding, he works with each individual to help them build on their strengths and attain the personal growth they are committed to accomplishing.

Dr. Wong has assembled an incredible team of therapists who share the same passion for this work and care deeply for his clients. The purpose of his private practice is  to transcend his experience and knowledge to his therapists to extend this meaningful work.  
Dr. Stephen Wong is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in individual, couples, and family therapy and maintains a private practice in Irvine, CA, and Brea, CA. Dr. Wong also holds a California credential in school counseling.

Education

PhD Oregon State University . Counselor Education

MS Cal State University . Marriage Family Therapy/School Counseling

MDiv International Theological Seminary . Theology

BA UCLA . Sociology

License & Certifications

Marriage Family Therapist Licenced (Registration #49913)

California Pupil Personnel Service (PPS) / Child Welfare and Attendance (CWA)

Enlisted as L.A. Superior Court Counselor Referral Therapist

Professional Activities and Memberships

American Psychological Association
California Marriage Family Therapist
American Counseling Association

Jacqueline Limon-Altindis

AMFT Registration # 109871*

Jackie holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chicana/o Studies and History from the University of California Davis (2011), and a Master’s of Science degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of La Verne (2018). She enjoys working with children, teens and adults, and she has a particular interest in helping those with anxiety, depression, couple/relationship distress, family-conflict, grief and loss, and those wanting to improve their self-confidence and self-esteem. She is also bilingual in Spanish and English and is available to conduct therapy in both languages.
Jackie adheres to a Person-Centered/ Humanistic theoretical orientation, and she believes that through our childhood experiences, societal expectations, and a multitude of environmental/external influences, we are often shaped to live a life that is meeting expectations of others and is not satisfying our true desires. As a therapist, her goal is to help her clients connect with their true self and live an authentic life.  She believes we all have the ability to change and grow. It is important to her to use a multicultural lens when working with all individuals.

Jill Azuma 

APCC Registration # 8807 *

Jill creates a safe place for a person to empower them to break out of old patterns by learning new skills and considering new perspectives to reach their unique goals and live a life of well-being. She walks alongside a person through the tough times to help them reach hope on the other side. She has seen positive outcomes with people in a variety of circumstances and from various backgrounds and cultures. She likes to support people to improve relationships, change behavior and reach goals in their life. She is compassionate and empathic. She has completed a Masters in Mental Health Counseling from Concordia University, Irvine, and has completed additional clinical trainings in Anxiety, Couples Counseling, and Communication.

Rebecca Whitmer

APCC Registration # 134890 *

Rebecca seeks to establish an authentic space in the counseling room where children, adolescents, and families feel safe to seek out solutions and develop hope. She takes joy in working with families and individuals, and has experience working with children and adolescents in the areas of anxiety, depression, neurodevelopmental disorders, and trauma. Rebecca utilizes a variety of theories and interventions tailored to the client, with an emphasis on solutions-focused approaches, narrative, play, and cognitive therapies. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology from California Baptist University and is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist 

Abigail Chin

AMFT Registration # 122825*

Abigail Chin is an associate Marriage and Family Therapist, who graduated from the University of California, Irvine in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Social Behavior. She also obtained a Masters of Science degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Fuller Theological Seminary in 2020. Abigail has a demonstrated history in conducting family and individual therapy for the past 3 years and has worked closely with children, adolescents, and adults of all ages. She has a particular interest in supporting those with depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, behavioral issues, spiritual struggles, intergenerational family conflict, and life transitions.

Abigail is deeply passionate in bringing hope to the community by maintaining compassion and upholding a multicultural posture to elevate each person’s strength and narrative. She utilizes an eclectic approach of therapeutic modalities including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Person-Centered Therapy and Child-Centered Play Therapy. Abigail’s goal in treatment is to promote a safe space in helping each client find their voice as well as recognize their own autonomy and resilience. She hopes to walk alongside clients to bring meaningful changes in their daily lives, and cultivate healing in their relationships with others. 

Brian Harpst

AMFT Registration # 108298*

Brian Harpst is an Associate Marriage and Family therapist at Kairos Counseling.  He specializes in helping individuals, couples and families uncover and recover from issues and struggles that are holding them back from reaching their full potential.  Brian is experienced and skilled in strength-based and solution-focused therapies.  When working with clients, he takes a compassionate approach where he seeks to understand and collaborate. 

Brian earned a Master of Arts Degree in clinical counseling with emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy from Pepperdine University (2018).  While studying there, he found a passion in developing therapeutic relationships using empathy, curiosity, non-judgement and compassion. 

As a narrative therapist, Brian seeks to help clients develop their own voice and speak their own truth.  Therapy sessions unfold around clients’ personal experiences and are guided and facilitated by Brian in a thoughtful and intentional manner.  Brian helps clients with issues around anxiety, depression, grief and loss, single parenting, problematic substance use, self-confidence, personal identity, interpersonal relationships and communication.

Ellie Tamez

AMFT Registration# 129089, California*
APCC Registration #11007, California*

Ellie is an associate marriage and family therapist and associate professional clinical counselor. She enjoys working with children, teens, adults, individuals, and couples. She works with a range of presenting problems, including anxiety, social anxiety, depression, anger, relational issues, low self-esteem, and perfectionism. Ellie recognizes that each person’s life journey is unique, so she focuses on creating a safe space for individuals to share what they are experiencing. She believes that therapy is a collaborative effort, and so she works together with each person to help them reach their goals and full potential. 

Nicole Cuahutle

AMFT Registration # 120879*

Nicole graduated from California State University, Los Angeles with her BA in Psychology and graduated from Fuller Theological Seminary with a MS in Marriage and Family Therapy with and emphasis in Medical Family Therapy. Nicole has worked with children, adolescents, adults, and families as well as providing group therapy in different contexts. Nicole utilizes different therapeutic modalities including Psychodynamic, Person-Centered and Child-Centered Play Therapy to help clients meet the goals they have for their therapy work. Nicole has interests in walking alongside those with depression, anxiety, family conflict, relationship distress, blended families and academic concerns.  Nicole’s goal when working with clients is creating a greater sense of peace and healing that impacts their daily lives.

*Supervised by Supervisor(s).