- Years in practice
- 7
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- Minnesota, Iowa, Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Brenden
Dr. Brenden Troster is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Minnesota with seven years of clinical experience. He combines decades of coaching work with clinical practice to help parents and individuals sort through pressing life challenges.
He focuses on listening first and building a plan that fits each person’s goals and values. Dr. Troster has worked across school-based mental health, addiction treatment, residential care for children and teens, and outpatient settings.
Background and approach
That variety shaped his practical approach to common problems like anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD, and addiction. He draws on familiar methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to address symptoms and teach coping skills. In sessions he starts with the client’s story and priorities.
Conversations move toward clear, doable steps rather than abstract theory. Parents can expect help with parenting stresses, sleep disruption, anger, and relationship strain alongside broader concerns like grief or career change. Dr.
Troster also works with people facing attachment, adoption and foster care, blended family issues, caregiver stress, and abandonment concerns. He aims to make therapy concrete - identifying patterns, trying new behaviors, and checking what helps. He offers several online formats to fit busy schedules and different needs.
Therapy is collaborative and paced to your readiness to change, with an emphasis on practical strategies you can use between sessions.
What Brenden works with
Everything Brenden lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Brenden helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- ADHD
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Brenden lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying what matters to you and taking small committed steps toward those values. It can help with anxiety, depression, parenting stress, and feeling stuck by teaching practical ways to act despite uncomfortable thoughts and feelings.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful thinking and behaviors, which is useful for mood problems, sleep issues, anger, and ADHD-related struggles.
Finding the right approach is part of the work and is done together with the therapist. He will talk with you about goals, try methods that fit your needs, and adjust the plan as you learn what helps. That collaborative process aims to make therapy feel relevant and doable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different days and needs. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and skill practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is a concern. Live chat and messaging let you check in between sessions or fit short conversations into a busy day. These options are meant to increase flexibility and make it simpler to keep therapy consistent.
Questions people ask about Brenden
What kinds of concerns does he address?
He helps with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, ADHD, addictions, grief, parenting challenges, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, and related issues.
How would you describe his therapy style?
He listens closely and builds a plan with each person. Sessions focus on clear steps, coping skills, and trying new behaviors between meetings.
What is his professional background?
He is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with seven years of clinical experience and extensive prior coaching experience across schools, residential care, and addiction treatment.
Where is he based and what credential does he hold?
He practices in Minnesota and holds MA LMFT and MN LMFT credentials as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.
Can sessions be done in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. He is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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