Individual Therapy

Your primary therapist

From your first days at Forrest, you’re matched with a licensed primary therapist who stays with you through your time in the program. They lead your assessment, build your treatment plan with you, meet with you individually, coordinate with our psychiatric team and any outside providers, and plan your step-down and aftercare. If you have a family session, they’re the one running it.

What happens in individual sessions

Individual therapy is where you go deeper than group allows: the history that’s hard to say in a room full of people, the specific relationship that’s falling apart, the trauma work, the honest conversation about a slip. Your therapist draws on approaches like CBT, DBT, EMDR, and motivational interviewing depending on what you need, and uses these sessions to make sure the skills from group actually transfer into your life.

Individual therapy as a level of care

For clients who have completed a more intensive program, or whose needs are lower-acuity, our Outpatient program centers on regular individual sessions with optional group support. It’s a common final step before transitioning to a community therapist.

Where you’ll experience it at Forrest

Frequently asked questions