Meet The Coastwise Counseling Team
Steve Taus, LMFT (License # 46188)
Steve is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT), and the founder of Coastwise Counseling Center. Steve has been providing counseling services since 2003.
His style and approach to therapy is warm and friendly, while at the same time intelligent, honest, and heartfelt. He is passionate about his life calling, and finds immense joy in helping others materialize and actualize their positive life vision.
When working with Steve you can expect a strong relationship in which clear goals are made, plans of action are created while receiving his insight, wisdom, care and life experience.
In his spare time, Steve enjoys spending time with family, exercising, and being in nature. His most recent areas of passion are in the realm of health and sustained weight loss and the study of masculine and feminine energy in the context of personal development and improved intimacy and connection amongst couples.
Matthew Moon, LMFT (License # 123710)
Matt was inspired to be a therapist because he believes in good people. He believes all people can reach their full potential by learning about themselves and what their tendencies are and becoming consciously aware of the decisions they make each day. Matthew customizes treatment to meet individuals’ needs. Matthew is practical in his approach and believes that small shifts create big impacts.
Matthew Moon is a Licenses Marriage and Family Therapist and utilizes modalities from Existential, Cognitive Behavioral (CBT), and Solution Focused Brief Therapy to support clients in their journey.
Matthew works with:
Adults
Families
Adolescents
Couples
Matthew specializes in:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Harm Reduction
Anger Management
Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
Matthew speaks:
English
Korean
“You rarely have time for everything you want in this life, so you need to make choices. And hopefully your choices can come from a deep sense of who you are.”
- Mister Rogers
Cathleen Cunningham, LMFT (License # 48917)
Cathleen is compassionate and understanding and customizes her approach based on individual’s needs. She supports clients to find practical solutions and the building blocks needed to help rebuild their lives and move forward to a brighter future. Cathleen’s approach is goal oriented, and solution focused. She has years of experience in helping people with life transitions, anxiety, depression, “Empty Nest” Syndrome, career issues, substance abuse, co-dependency, trauma, crisis intervention and much more.
Cathleen Cunningham is a Licenses Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) providing individual and family therapy for over 10 years. Cathleen is a Registered Addiction Specialist and court approved Certified Anger Management Provider. Cathleen received her master’s degree from Pepperdine University.
Cathleen works with:
Adults
Adolescents
Families
Cathleen specializes in:
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (Certified)
Addiction (Registered Addiction Specialist)
Women’s Issues
Anger Management (Certified)
Interventions
Psychological Testing
Anxiety & Depression
