Dr. Brenden Troster, LMFT

Dr. Brenden Troster is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with seven years of clinical experience and a long background as a coach. He practices from Minnesota and brings decades of helping people in schools, addiction treatment programs, residential care for youth, and outpatient settings. He centers sessions on each person’s story and goals.

Dr. Troster listens first and helps people decide what to work on next. He has supported people with depression, anxiety, trauma, ADHD, addiction including pornography concerns, self-harm, anger, and recovery from abuse. He aims for practical steps people can use between sessions.

His experience includes school-based mental health, residential care for children and teens, addiction treatment, and work with severe and persistent mental illness. That variety shaped a flexible approach to different struggles and life stages.

Therapy is collaborative. He draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and the Gottman Method when relevant. He avoids a one-size-fits-all plan and tailors interventions to a person’s values and pace.

Sessions often focus on building skills for managing stress, relationships, and emotion regulation. He also helps people process grief, attachment or abandonment issues, parenting strain, and career or life transitions. The work aims to leave people with tools they can use on their own.

Dr. Troster emphasizes respect, compassion, and dignity in sessions. He invites people to share their stories, then works with them to set achievable goals and practical strategies to move forward.

How specific approaches shape online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take actions that match those values while accepting difficult feelings. It is useful for stress, anxiety, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and changing patterns of behavior that feed symptoms; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving relationships, which can help with intense emotions and anger.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will listen to a person’s story, discuss goals, and together decide which methods feel most useful. That collaborative decision can change over time as needs shift and progress is reviewed.

Many people find online therapy helps fit sessions into busy lives. It can make scheduling easier and reduce travel time so sessions can happen around work, school, or caregiving. If you want to know the exact session formats offered, confirm current options before booking. The focus is on practical work you can apply between meetings and on finding an approach that fits your daily routine.