Dr. Brenden Troster
Experienced family-focused therapist
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed in
- Minnesota, Iowa, Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Brenden
Dr. Brenden Troster is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in Minnesota. He has seven years of clinical experience and a long background in coaching and supporting people through hard times.
He focuses on clear, practical help for parents and individuals dealing with anxiety, stress, depression, grief, addiction, and parenting challenges. Sessions center on the goals that matter to each person. His prior work includes school-based mental health, addiction programs, residential care for children and teens, and outpatient settings.
Background and approach
That range has shaped a direct, problem-solving style that still leaves room for listening and understanding. He has supported people managing ADHD, trauma and abuse recovery, self-harm, anger, and substance-related concerns. Dr.
Troster uses therapies that teach skills and build insight. He draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - CBT to identify unhelpful thinking and change behaviors. He also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - ACT to help people live by their values even when feelings are hard.
The Gottman Method informs his approach to relationship and communication work. In sessions he starts with a person’s story and focuses on what they want to change. The work is collaborative - he listens first and then helps plan steps toward realistic goals.
Practical tools, homework, and skills practice are common parts of his approach. People who prefer clear suggestions, skill teaching, and a respectful tone tend to fit well with his style. His background in varied settings makes him comfortable working with complicated life situations and blended challenges.
He aims to help clients build steady, usable strategies for the next steps in life.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - ACT helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while choosing actions that match their values. It is useful for stress, anxiety, and getting unstuck when emotions feel overwhelming.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - CBT looks at thoughts, moods, and behaviors to find patterns that keep problems going. It focuses on practical exercises and small behavior changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety, depression, and sleep trouble.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will listen to your goals, discuss options, and together choose methods that fit your needs and pace. This collaborative planning helps make sessions useful from the start.
Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. That range lets people choose what feels most comfortable for talking or practicing skills. It also makes it easier to keep therapy consistent around school, work, and family life, so progress can continue even when schedules are tight.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota, Iowa, Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
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