Lucinda Foster

Lucinda Foster earned a Bachelor of Science and a master’s degree in Counseling from Wichita State University in Kansas and brings 20 years of clinical experience to her practice in Arizona. She is nationally certified and licensed to practice as a professional counselor in Arizona.

Her career spans a wide variety of settings, including a day program serving individuals with severe and chronic mental illness, roles as an academic advisor and a welfare officer, and positions after relocating to the Phoenix area as an outreach counselor and as a Special Education Counselor serving the Reservation and surrounding towns in Pinal County. In those roles she worked directly with children, parents, and schools on relationship and communication issues, parenting concerns, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, and anger management, and she has also worked with addiction and marriage problems.

She has completed Levels I and II training in Eye Movement Desensitizing and Reprocessing (EMDR) and additional trainings addressing gambling addiction, Rational Emotive Therapy, Reality therapy, Sand Tray therapy, and several play therapy modalities. She also holds a credential in distance counseling.

Lucinda is married and the parent of three sons, and she keeps a close connection to an extended family who live far away. She believes success rarely comes from one person alone but from the support of many, and her goal is to offer help when it is needed most. She aims to teach practical ways to manage everyday struggles, to serve as an unbiased ear and sounding board, and to support people in moving past roadblocks and reaching their goals. She encourages taking the first step when help is needed.