Steven Forsyth, LPC

Steven Forsyth is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 25 years of experience. He helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, grief, intimacy-related issues, and other life challenges. Steven is straightforward and practical in sessions and aims to make therapy easy to understand for worried clients.

He began working in addictions counseling after entering recovery himself in 1982. Over the years his approach expanded from Rational Emotive Therapy into cognitive and narrative methods. He has drawn on a range of methods including acceptance and commitment ideas, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness practices, and EMDR work completed in 2021.

In meetings he treats each person as a whole, considering how life events, relationships, and coping habits fit together. Sessions typically mix talking, skill-building, and strategies for handling urges, memories, or difficult emotions. He also uses motivational interviewing ideas when people want help making changes.

Steven works with many concerns tied to relationships and personal functioning - for example communication struggles, codependency, commitment worries, and sexual or intimacy-related problems. He also addresses issues like chronic illness, caregiver stress, and life transitions such as divorce or aging.

Clients can expect an open, optimistic stance and practical steps to try between sessions. His background includes long experience supporting people through addiction recovery and an emphasis on realistic, doable changes.

Therapeutic approaches and how they translate online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to notice what matters to them and take small steps toward those values. Online ACT sessions often use short exercises and real-life homework to help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and trying practical experiments to change behavior. In remote sessions CBT commonly includes worksheets, behavioral assignments, and brief skill practice between meetings.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is used to address disturbing memories and their emotional impact. When EMDR is offered online, a therapist guides bilateral stimulation and memory processing while supporting pacing and grounding techniques.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through your goals, try methods that fit your needs, and adjust based on what helps most. That process is collaborative and paced to your comfort.

Practical benefits of online therapy include easier scheduling around work or caregiving, avoiding travel time, and fitting short check-ins into a busy day. Confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking so you know what to expect.