Steven Forsyth, LPC
Practical, experienced counseling for everyday parenting challenges
Book with Steven- Years in practice
- 25
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Steven
Steven Forsyth is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) with 25 years of experience. He focuses on practical help for parents who are stressed, dealing with mood or anxiety concerns, managing addictions, or facing big life changes. He speaks plainly and aims to make sessions feel straightforward and useful for everyday problems.
Steven began working in addictions counseling after his own recovery journey, and that lived experience informs his approach. He draws on cognitive behavioral ideas and acceptance-based strategies to help people change unhelpful patterns.
Background and approach
He also uses EMDR to address trauma and painful memories when that seems appropriate. In sessions he treats each person as a whole, looking at life experience, relationships, and routines that shape current struggles. He uses mindfulness and motivational techniques to help people connect with their values and stay moving toward goals.
Conversations are practical and focused on skills that can be tried between sessions. Steven offers several ways to meet, including video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging. He works with people across a wide range of concerns such as grief, parenting strain, sleep and eating problems, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
He also helps with communication problems, commitment and intimacy issues, and coping after loss or separation. Steven practices in Missouri and works in English. He describes his role as a collaborator who helps people sort priorities, try new behaviors, and build steadier routines that fit real life.
What Steven works with
Everything Steven lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Steven helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
Approaches Steven lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused 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.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people name their values, accept difficult thoughts, and take action that matters. It can help with anxiety, stress, parenting strain, and motivation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change patterns like worry, low mood, or sleep trouble. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is used to reduce the intensity of traumatic memories and related symptoms by working through those memories in a structured way.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, symptoms, and past treatments, then suggest approaches that fit together. Over the first sessions they will try methods and adjust based on what helps the client make steady progress.
Online therapy offers flexible options like video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people do deeper talk and use visual tools, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports day-to-day coaching and tracking between sessions. These choices make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, school, and family responsibilities while using approaches such as ACT, CBT, or EMDR in ways that fit each person's routine.
Questions people ask about Steven
What kinds of concerns does Steven address?
He helps with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting strain, sleep and eating issues, ADHD, and many relationship and communication problems.
What is his general therapy style like?
Sessions are practical and straightforward, blending cognitive behavioral ideas, acceptance-based work, mindfulness, and motivational techniques to build useful habits and clarify values.
How much clinical experience does this therapist bring?
He has 25 years of experience in counseling work, including several years focused on addictions following his own recovery journey.
Where is Steven licensed and based?
He is an LPC licensed in Missouri and offers services from that location.
In which languages can I work with him?
Sessions are offered in English and he accepts clients from outside the United States as well.
What session formats are available?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started working with him?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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