- Client-centered
- Goal oriented
- Practical skills
About Lucinda
Lucinda Foster is an LPC who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and challenges tied to parenting, addiction, and self-esteem. She brings two decades of counseling experience and a practical, down-to-earth approach. She speaks English and practices in Arizona.
She trained in counseling at Wichita State University where she earned a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Arts in Counseling. Over the years she has worked in day programs, academic advising, welfare services, outreach counseling, and special education counseling on a reservation and in surrounding towns. Those roles exposed her to a wide range of concerns and life situations.
In sessions she focuses on listening first and then helping people find small, workable steps. She uses Client-Centered ideas to follow what matters most to each person. She also applies Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help change unhelpful thinking and Solution-Focused techniques to set clear, short-term goals.
Her background includes work with anxiety, depression, anger, addictions, grief, ADHD, career issues, and parenting struggles. She also has experience with trichotillomania, gambling concerns, life purpose questions, women's issues, and young adult transitions.
Her aim is practical: provide a steady, unbiased ear, teach coping skills, and help people move past roadblocks. She encourages taking one step at a time and involving support when needed. To begin, follow the site process to match and schedule a session according to the therapist's availability.
She trained in counseling at Wichita State University where she earned a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Arts in Counseling. Over the years she has worked in day programs, academic advising, welfare services, outreach counseling, and special education counseling on a reservation and in surrounding towns. Those roles exposed her to a wide range of concerns and life situations.
In sessions she focuses on listening first and then helping people find small, workable steps. She uses Client-Centered ideas to follow what matters most to each person. She also applies Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help change unhelpful thinking and Solution-Focused techniques to set clear, short-term goals.
Her background includes work with anxiety, depression, anger, addictions, grief, ADHD, career issues, and parenting struggles. She also has experience with trichotillomania, gambling concerns, life purpose questions, women's issues, and young adult transitions.
Her aim is practical: provide a steady, unbiased ear, teach coping skills, and help people move past roadblocks. She encourages taking one step at a time and involving support when needed. To begin, follow the site process to match and schedule a session according to the therapist's availability.
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