Stephen P. Wong, PhD, LMFT, is a licensed marriage and family therapist in private practice at Kairos Counseling in Brea and Irvine, California. He holds a doctorate in counselor education from Oregon State University. With over two decades of clinical experience, he works with individuals, couples, and families through the lens of relational healing, meaning-making, and the formation of therapist identity.

His forthcoming book, Becoming a Highly Impactful and Transformational Therapist: The Beliefs and Attributes Behind Effective Clinical Practice (Routledge, 2027), articulates a framework for therapist formation that emphasizes being over technique. It draws on his clinical work and his years supervising and mentoring developing clinicians.

Stephen is passionate about helping emerging therapists grow into the kind of clinicians whose presence, not just their technique, becomes an agent of transformational change for their clients.