- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
About Eric
Eric Forster is an LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) with 20 years of professional experience based in Illinois. He helps people with parenting concerns, career and coaching needs, compassion fatigue, stress and anxiety, and other life strains.
He has worked extensively with clients who need help navigating the medical system and with professionals seeking executive or career coaching. Sessions often focus on practical steps for day-to-day problems, like managing stress, improving sleep, or handling relationship and family tensions.
Eric emphasizes the person's own experience and strengths when approaching problems. He uses conversation to draw out what is already working and to test small changes that can make a difference. He combines talk-based methods with focused, goal-oriented work so clients can try new ways of coping between meetings.
Clients can expect a straightforward style that looks at current challenges and doable next steps. He draws on techniques from cognitive behavioral work to address unhelpful thinking, and on client-centered and narrative ideas to help people tell their story in a clearer way.
With two decades in practice, he brings experience from clinical and coaching roles. That background shapes how he supports people facing depression, bipolar symptoms, addiction concerns, trauma, and major life transitions. He aims to help people clarify priorities and take manageable action toward them.
How Eric’s approaches translate to online work
Eric blends Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in ways that fit remote sessions. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, reflecting a person's experience, and building on strengths to clarify goals. It helps when someone needs space to tell their story and find their own direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns; it often helps with anxiety, stress, sleep, and mood problems.He treats finding the right approach as a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals and preferences, try different methods, and adjust based on what works. That collaborative mindset helps shape short-term coaching goals as well as longer therapeutic work.
Confirm the exact session formats before booking so you know how meetings are scheduled. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, shorten commute time, and allow for shorter check-ins when helpful. The emphasis is on matching methods and scheduling to everyday life, so sessions support concrete change while fitting into a client’s routine.
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Experience
20+ years
Listed in
Illinois
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does he help with?
He helps people with parenting, career and coaching issues, compassion fatigue, stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, addictions, relationship and family concerns, trauma, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, and coping with life changes.
What is his therapeutic style?
He uses a conversational, practical style that highlights a person's strengths and focuses on manageable steps to address problems.
How much experience does he have?
He has 20 years of professional experience working in clinical and coaching roles.
What are his credentials and location?
He is an LCSW licensed in Illinois and practices there.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people from other countries work with him?
He does not accept international clients at this time.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to get started?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.