Bryan Foster Counseling

Bryan Foster Counseling A fresh take on emotional and mental health. Specializing in innovative couples therapy, family therapy, and therapy for individuals.
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Bryan is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. He has been practicing psychotherapy for over ten years. Bryan practices primarily evidence-based treatment modalities, rooted in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, which research shows is an effective treatment for many common mental health or emotional issues. Bryan has helped hundreds of individuals and families improve their communication, reduce or eliminate symptoms of anxiety, depression, PTSD, and manage ADHD, anger, and many other symptoms of emotional or mental health conditions. Bryan specializes in couples/marriage therapy and has helped couples recover from affairs, improve their communication, prepare for the next step in their relationship, and learn innovative skills to be effective parents. Research indicates the most important aspect of therapy is the relationship the therapist has with his or her clients. Bryan works hard to build a strong helping relationship with his clients in order to develop trust and understanding. These foundational relationship components help Bryan understand his clients' experience and provide clients with a personalized therapy plan, rooted in evidence-based treatment. In addition, Bryan's many areas of expertise help him to be creative in his approach to helping clients achieve their goals. Bryan's areas of expertise include Couples therapy, treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, anxiety, depression, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, behavior problems in childhood, parenting skill development, and helping families improve their communication and relationships. Bryan can also apply a Christian perspective to the therapeutic relationship if so desired by his clients. Because we specialize in and value couples/marriage therapy, we want to share with you our vision for the couples who choose to receive our services. We believe that you are either growing together or you are growing apart. If you or your partner is concerned about the distance that has grown between you, we are here to help you close the distance and get back to growing together using proven tools. You might be a couple who is interested in enriching your relationship by spending time together in sessions learning new and powerful skills that you can use to optimize your relationship and increase your satisfaction. We also offer comprehensive premarital counseling sessions to provide you with the best start possible.

Happy thanksgiving everyone! We’re rapidly approaching December and you know what that means! Giftcard giveaway month to...
11/27/2025

Happy thanksgiving everyone! We’re rapidly approaching December and you know what that means! Giftcard giveaway month to celebrate another year of the practice! 2025 marks 13 years since we started the business! I think. Since 12/2013 so it’s 13 years since then? Or 12? I guess if I say “since we started” it’s 13 but if I say “years in business” it’d be 12? Part of the reason I became a therapist was so I wouldn’t have to deal with numbers!

Anyway, starting Monday we’ll begin the weekly giftcard giveaways here on the page! For all the posts I make during December, every interaction you have with them (reactions, comments, shares) will get your name entered into the random weekly drawing! So a reaction + a comment + a share gets you 3 total entries. The more you interact the better your chances of winning!

We’ve been doing this every year to show our appreciation for all the support we get from our friends, families, followers, and clients! We’re very grateful and this is a way for us to show some of that gratitude!

The last few years my capacity to post during December has been a little limited but I think I’ll be able to do a bit more this year and that should give everyone a few more opportunities to win something! We’ll have several gift cards to give away, movie tickets, Starbucks, probably Amazon, (I try to find some that are on sale so I can squeeze a few more of them out of the budget) so we’ll see what we can find.

What are some of your favorite gift cards to receive? I’ll try to get those!

Looking forward to interacting with you all over the course of the month! Thanks again!

11/23/2025

Our imperfections collide in ways that disappoint, hurt, and even betray one another.

James Framo, the father of couples therapy, once said the day you turn to the person sleeping next to you and realize that you have been had, that this is not the person you fell in love with, and that this is all some dreadful mistake, is the first day of your real marriage.

And what a great thing that turns out to be. While we may long to be married to perfection, it turns out it is precisely the collision of your particular imperfections with mine — and how we handle that — is the guts, the actual stuff of intimacy.

11/12/2025

We didn’t take any photos 😔 but tonight caps off more than two years of my collaboration with Mary bridge children’s hospital. I’m proud of the small role I played in the Zero Su***de model development and implementation. I developed a tool and workflow for managers and staff to use to support themselves through Morally Injurious Experiences. I’m proud of the work I did but what I’m really impressed with is the team of leaders and staff at Mary bridge who made this project happen.

My little part is probably 5% of the whole project and they brought this vision into reality with a dogged resilience and steadfast commitment to providing the best possible care for the kids they serve. I heard tonight how much work they were putting in, ON TOP OF their jobs as managers, nurses, social workers, and administrators to make this initiative happen. I heard how they were able to lead the way at the annual conferences and demonstrate progress that was largely unmatched throughout the country. Mary bridge was seen as a leader and an institution to emulate and use as an example of how to partner with community stakeholders to improve our pediatric psychiatric care and reduce deaths by su***de in the youth population.

I heard a group of people who had dedicated all they had to this project. It was really cool to see how they made it happen and to hear them already talking about the next steps and the next improvements they’re planning to tackle.

No hospital system is perfect. Our culture doesn’t place enough value on healthcare and education so there are glaring holes and leaks due to lack of funding and investment but if either of my kids ever need support, or my local clients need more acute care than I can provide, I feel very thankful that the closest children’s hospital has such amazing people who are doing such amazing things. I am grateful to have contributed in my small way. ❤️❤️❤️

11/11/2025
11/09/2025

Sideline reporting during the Seahawks game about Jacoby brissett of the arizona cardinals and how his life changed for the better five years ago after he started seeing a therapist. ❤️❤️❤️

11/07/2025

When you first go to the gym, you don't start lifting the heaviest weights on day one. You start small, and the more you train, the stronger you get, and the more you improve.

Approach your relational training in the same way. The small steps you take every day and the commitment to practicing relational skills will move you closer to your goal of meaningful relationships.

Drop a 💪 in the comments if you're ready to start building those relational muscles!

Very interesting article by the APA.The experience of disconnection/lonilness in our society is taking a toll. If youre ...
11/07/2025

Very interesting article by the APA.

The experience of disconnection/lonilness in our society is taking a toll. If youre feeling relational stress, you are not alone.

If you want to process those feelings and/or develop a healthy plan to cope and thrive in this difficult time, we therapists are here for it.

Survey suggests that years of societal division may be taking a toll

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Bryan is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. He has been practicing psychotherapy for over ten years. Bryan practices primarily evidence-based treatment modalities, rooted in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, which research shows is an effective treatment for many common mental health or emotional issues. Bryan has helped hundreds of individuals and families improve their communication, reduce or eliminate symptoms of anxiety, depression, PTSD, and manage ADHD, anger, and many other symptoms of emotional or mental health conditions. Bryan specializes in couples/marriage therapy and has helped couples recover from affairs, improve their communication, prepare for the next step in their relationship, and learn innovative skills to be effective parents. Research indicates the most important aspect of therapy is the relationship the therapist has with his or her clients. Bryan works hard to build a strong helping relationship with his clients in order to develop trust and understanding. These foundational relationship components help Bryan understand his clients' experience and provide clients with a personalized therapy plan, rooted in evidence-based treatment. In addition, Bryan's many areas of expertise help him to be creative in his approach to helping clients achieve their goals. Bryan's areas of expertise include Couples therapy, treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, anxiety, depression, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, behavior problems in childhood, parenting skill development, and helping families improve their communication and relationships. Bryan can also apply a Christian perspective to the therapeutic relationship if so desired by his clients. Because we specialize in and value couples/marriage therapy, we want to share with you our vision for the couples who choose to receive our services. We believe that you are either growing together or you are growing apart. If you or your partner is concerned about the distance that has grown between you, we are here to help you close the distance and get back to growing together using proven tools. You might be a couple who is interested in enriching your relationship by spending time together in sessions learning new and powerful skills that you can use to optimize your relationship and increase your satisfaction. We also offer comprehensive premarital counseling sessions to provide you with the best start possible.