Holistic Jungian therapist specializing in trauma and relationships
I began my addictions counseling career six years after entering recovery from alcohol/drug use, on 5/13/1982. My original counseling schooling was in Rational Emotive Therapy, which evolved into Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and led to my schooling in Narrative Therapy and Transactional Analysis. Most recently, I have become interested in Miller & Rollnick’s Motivational Interviewing, Prochaska & Diclemente’s Stages of Change model of behavior change, Berg & Miller’s Solution-Focused Therapy, Marlatt & Donovan’s relapse prevention strategies and techniques, ACT therapy, and Internal Family Systems therapy. My most recent Certification is in Robin Shapiro’s Eye Movement and Desensitization Reprocessing-EMDR-, through the EMDRIA International Institute in November of 2021. As a Therapist, I necessarily became conversant in telehealth methodology during the recent COVID-19 pandemic. I approach counseling holistically: I understand individuals as “whole cloth”, i.e., as the current product(s) of their total life experiences. I also firmly believe in all-ways maintaining a positively enthusiastic outlook on life and living!
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Steven Forsyth began his addictions counseling work six years after entering recovery from alcohol and drug use on May 13, 1982. He is a licensed professional counselor in Missouri, holding the license designation MO LPC 2019046401, and he brings 25 years of clinical experience to his practice.
His foundational training started in Rational Emotive Therapy, which evolved into Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and later expanded to include Narrative Therapy and Transactional Analysis. Over time his interests broadened to include Motivational Interviewing by Miller and Rollnick, the Stages of Change model of Prochaska and DiClemente, Solution-Focused Therapy as described by Berg and Miller, relapse prevention strategies from Marlatt and Donovan, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Internal Family Systems work.
He most recently completed certification in Robin Shapiro’s Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) through the EMDRIA International Institute in November 2021. During the COVID-19 pandemic he became conversant with telehealth methods and incorporated remote care into his practice.
Forsyth approaches counseling with a holistic perspective, viewing people as “whole cloth” shaped by the totality of their life experiences. He also maintains a consistently positive and enthusiastic outlook on life and living. He practices in Missouri.
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