Eben Rogers

Eben Rogers is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people facing grief, relationship strain, and parenting challenges. He works with individuals and couples who want clear, practical steps to handle family conflict and major life transitions. Eben brings a calm, straightforward style to each session and stays focused on what clients want to change. Eben has spent the past 10 years in private practice in California. His background includes work in schools and residential programs where he provided individual therapy and ran groups. Those roles involved partnering with teachers, medical providers, and social services to support people with developmental differences and emotional challenges. He has experience helping people with adoption and foster care issues, attachment concerns, autism and Asperger syndrome, and caregiver stress. Eben also supports people dealing with aging and geriatric issues, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and the complicated feelings that follow divorce or separation. In earlier work he used cognitive behavioral and solution-focused techniques to help clients make concrete changes. He learned to coordinate care with other systems and continues to draw on that skill when clients need communication with schools or other professionals. Sessions are practical and aimed at problem solving. Away from work Eben lives in Santa Cruz and spends time outdoors with his wife and two daughters. He enjoys hiking, surfing, and exploring local natural areas when he isn’t meeting with clients.

How evidence-based methods translate to online care

Evidence-based techniques such as cognitive behavioral approaches focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. This can help with anxiety, depression, grief, and coping with life transitions by giving clear steps to try between sessions. Solution-focused strategies concentrate on goals and small changes that move a person forward. These approaches are useful when clients want practical ways to improve relationships, parenting routines, or communication with other caregivers. Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will work with each person to decide which techniques fit their goals and preferences. Adjustments are made as therapy progresses so sessions remain relevant to changing needs. Confirm the available session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people continue care when they need to coordinate with schools, medical providers, or other professionals without requiring in-person meetings.