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Dr. Brenden Troster, LMFT

Stress, Anxiety Relationships Family conflicts Trauma, Abuse Depression
Video Phone Live Chat Messaging

About me

I am a marriage and family therapist with a PhD in Developmental Psychology. I have 7 years of experience working as a therapist, and 25 years of experience working as a coach. I have accumulated a wide range of experience working with a diverse clientele. I have worked in school based mental health, addiction treatment, and residential treatment for children and teens. I have also worked in an outpatient setting treating severe and persistent mental illness. I have worked with children and teens that have had severe trauma through Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. I have also worked extensively with struggling families. Some of the many issues I have worked with people on are depression, anxiety, self-harm, addiction, trauma, parenting problems, relationship issues, ADHD, sexual abuse, pornography addiction, and anger management.

My therapeutic style is to first listen to your story. You are the expert on your life, and I am here to listen to that experience. I try to treat everyone with respect, dignity, compassion, and understanding. My approach combines cognitive-behavioral, solution focused, Bowenian, motivational interviewing, and rational-emotive behavioral therapy methods. I believe in a client-centered collaborative approach in which I work to understand needs and goals that are specific to you. Your specific goals will guide our discussion and formulate your treatment plan.

We all have times in our life when we could use some perspective and help with reaching our goals. We will work together to create a treatment plan and interventions that are unique to your situation. I welcome the opportunity to assist you in reaching your goals.

I look forward to getting to know you and working together!

Professional experience

7yrs in practice
Stress, Anxiety Relationships Family conflicts Trauma, Abuse Depression

Additional areas of focus: Addictions, Grief, Parenting issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, ADHD, Adoption and foster care, Aging and geriatric issues, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Dependent personality, Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Drug and alcohol addiction, Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Fatherhood issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Life purpose, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Personality disorders, Post-traumatic stress, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Self-harm, Sex addiction, Smoking / vaping cessation, Social anxiety and phobia, Women's issues, Young adult issues

Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Gottman Method, Jungian Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy

Services offered

Video
Phone
Live Chat
Messaging

License information

IA LMFT 108709

MN LMFT 3554

Reviews

These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Dr. Brenden Troster. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.

Kind, Considerate, Empathetic, Trustful.

Written on Sep 14, 2024 after therapy with Brenden for 2 months on issues concerning trauma and abuse

Brenden has literally put me back on track. I was falling apart when we first started talking. He has been very instrumental in getting my line of thinking back on the right track.

Written on Mar 31, 2024 after therapy with Brenden for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, and intimacy-related issues

10/10

Written on Mar 19, 2024 after therapy with Brenden for 3 months on issues concerning depression, relationship issues, eating disorders, anger management, and adhd

Listens,

Written on Mar 04, 2024 after therapy with Brenden for 1 month on issues concerning stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, and anger management

Brenden is a great therapist to work with and has really helped me deal with some acute issues but also dig deeper into longer lasting ones. A very good listener who picks up on key things one isn't aware of and is consistently able to provide insight and advice in a very humane way that isn't cold or judgmental. I have greatly benefitted from therapy and the tools that I am learning to develop.

Written on Jan 19, 2024 after therapy with Brenden for 1 year and 11 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, and trauma and abuse

Brenden is a wonderful therapist. I was so apprehensive to commit to therapy for a long time but Brenden truly meets you where you are.

Written on Nov 30, 2023 after therapy with Brenden for 5 months on issues concerning depression, relationship issues, family conflicts, and trauma and abuse