Dr. Foresteen Forbes, CA Psychologist
Supportive psychologist focused on relationships and parenting
Book with Foresteen- Years in practice
- 23
- Credentials
- CA Psychologist
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Foresteen
Dr. Foresteen Forbes is a California-licensed psychologist with more than 23 years of clinical experience. She combines practical therapy methods with a straightforward style to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and parenting concerns.
Dr. Forbes draws on a nursing background and long clinical experience to offer calm, steady support for people facing difficult life moments. She trained in nursing first, then earned a doctorate in psychology.
Her early work included service as a Navy nurse and clinical roles in a state hospital, where she worked extensively with adults who had histories of childhood trauma.
Background and approach
Those years shaped how she understands safety, attachment, and coping skills. In sessions she uses clear, goal-focused techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy alongside work that looks at relationship patterns and early experiences. She helps people notice how thoughts and behaviors interact, and then practices new ways of responding.
Conversations are tailored to each person's needs and paced to feel manageable. Dr. Forbes also addresses a wide range of life concerns such as grief, eating struggles, anger, bipolar mood issues, and the stress of caregiving or end-of-life matters.
She supports people wrestling with adoption and foster care questions, blended family issues, fatherhood concerns, and problems with communication or commitment. Practical change is a focus: building coping plans, improving communication, and arranging steps that fit daily life. People who want steady, experienced guidance around relationship or parenting stresses may find her approach helpful.
What Foresteen works with
Everything Foresteen lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Foresteen helps people with.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Narcissism
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Young adult issues
Approaches Foresteen lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Dr. Forbes commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and attachment-based work in online sessions. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect mood and choices, and it includes hands-on exercises to change unhelpful patterns and build coping skills for anxiety, mood, or parenting stress. Attachment-based work examines patterns in close relationships that shape how people respond to conflict, separation, and caregiving, helping clients notice and shift those patterns to improve connections and reduce reactive responses.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose techniques that match their goals, daily demands, and preferences. Treatment plans are adjusted over time based on how someone responds and what practical changes they want to make.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief updates, between-session support, or when writing feels safer. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules and to continue care from different locations.
Questions people ask about Foresteen
What issues does this therapist help with?
She works with many concerns including relationship and parenting stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, and self-esteem challenges. Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care questions, blended family issues, fatherhood issues, and communication problems.
How would you describe the therapy style?
The approach mixes cognitive behavioral techniques with attachment-focused and psychodynamic ideas. Sessions include practical skill-building plus attention to patterns that developed from earlier relationships.
What is her professional background?
She has over 23 years of clinical experience, began her career in nursing and served as a Navy nurse, and later earned a doctorate in psychology. She spent many years working in a state hospital with adults who had childhood trauma histories.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a California psychologist practicing under the credential CA Psychologist 21049 and provides services from California.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, and she also accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She meets using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire, then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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