- Years in practice
- 10
- Credentials
- LICSW
- Licensed in
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Parenting issues
- Focus
- Career difficulties
About Forest
Forest Juvland is a licensed social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, parenting concerns, career strain, depression, and compassion fatigue. He speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps that can be used between sessions. Forest aims to make the first step easier for someone who is worried about starting therapy.
He builds a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can voice thoughts and feelings. Conversations tend to focus on day-to-day challenges, clear strategies, and small changes that add up over time.
Background and approach
Sessions are collaborative and paced to fit each person's needs. Forest draws on a decade of clinical experience in Minnesota to guide problem solving and emotional coping. He pays attention to how stress and workplace demands affect mood and family life.
When parents bring concerns, he helps them sort priorities, boundaries, and practical routines that reduce overwhelm. Communication problems, control issues, and struggles with forgiveness or impulsivity are common topics he addresses. He also supports men dealing with role expectations and people managing symptoms of post-traumatic stress, social anxiety, or narcissism-related dynamics.
The work often combines talk, skill-building, and planning for real-world situations. Sessions can include check-ins, skill practice, and collaborative goal-setting. Forest emphasizes steady progress rather than quick fixes.
He encourages people to try approaches and adjust them based on what actually helps in daily life.
What Forest works with
Everything Forest lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Forest helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Men's issues
- Narcissism
- Post-traumatic stress
- Social anxiety and phobia
Approaches that guide online sessions
Forest uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on practical coping and problem solving. One common approach emphasizes skill-building for managing anxiety and stress - teaching breathing, grounding, and stepwise exposure to reduce avoidance and increase confidence in daily tasks. Another approach centers on communication and boundary setting to help people navigate parenting challenges and workplace conflicts with clearer expectations and routines.Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods tailored to those goals, and adjust based on what helps most. Clients and the therapist decide together which strategies to keep using and which to change as progress is observed.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations and screen-sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when a quick check-in fits a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send shorter updates, practice new skills between sessions, and stay connected without scheduling a full call.
Questions people ask about Forest
What kinds of concerns does Forest address?
He supports people with stress, anxiety, parenting concerns, career difficulties, depression, and compassion fatigue, plus related issues like communication problems and control struggles.
What is his therapeutic style like?
Sessions are collaborative and straightforward. He focuses on practical steps, skill practice, and real-life problem solving in a calm, nonjudgmental way.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He has about 10 years of professional experience working in Minnesota with a range of stress and mood concerns.
What are his credentials and where is he located?
He holds an LICSW which stands for Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and practices in Minnesota.
Can sessions be held in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. He is not accepting international clients at this time.
Which session formats are available?
Clients can meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and sessions are delivered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin working with him?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
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