About Lucinda
Lucinda Foster helps people manage stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, anger, low self-esteem, depression, addictions, grief, career doubts, and ADHD. She also focuses on life purpose, trichotillomania, women's issues, and concerns common to young adults. Lucinda is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - with two decades of practice behind her.
She keeps sessions practical and direct. Conversations aim to identify what feels stuck and test small changes that can make daily life easier.
How Lucinda works
She uses clear tools from cognitive behavioral approaches and solution-focused work while centering the client's own goals and priorities. Her background includes a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Counseling from Wichita State University in Kansas. She has worked in day programs, academic advising, welfare services, outreach counseling, and special education counseling in Arizona.
Those roles involved helping with communication struggles, parenting, anxiety, depression, and anger management. Lucinda has experience addressing addiction-related issues and relationship concerns. Over the years she has gathered a range of practical methods that she adapts to each person's situation.
Her way of working is collaborative and down-to-earth; she offers a listening ear and concrete steps to move forward. The goal is to help people grapple with ordinary but painful problems so life feels more workable. She encourages anyone who is unsure to try a first step and see whether the approach fits their needs.
Lucinda lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Lucinda works with
The areas below are the ones Lucinda selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Life purpose
- Self esteem
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Arizona |
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Online support options
How these approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the client's lead. The therapist creates space for a person to describe what matters most and helps them find their own solutions. This approach helps when someone needs understanding, clearer priorities, or support making decisions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into the connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses practical exercises and small experiments to change patterns that increase anxiety, low mood, or unhelpful behaviors. CBT is often useful for stress, anxiety, depression, and habit-related concerns.
Solution-Focused Therapy keeps sessions goal-oriented and brief. It looks for what is already working and builds on strengths to produce quick, practical changes. This method can help when a person wants targeted strategies for a specific problem or transition.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with clients about their needs, goals, and preferences and then suggest which methods to try. Plans are adjusted based on what helps most in practice.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging helps people reflect between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or family schedules and to stay consistent over time.
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