Afua Forson

The quest for safe, nurturing, loving connection serves a fundamental need that many of us can spend our entire lives striving to meet. For too many, this need is being felt acutely now during these trying times. The challenge to connect often brings a range of intense emotions, including anxiety, anger, shame, sadness and disappointment. Such emotions run counter to what one is actively yearning for: the sense of being loved. I welcome individuals and couples from diverse backgrounds who want to decrease anxiety and depression, enhance personal wellbeing and build their capacity for loving relationships. My work with an individual client centers on illuminating that person’s life vision and understanding the abiding obstacles to change: these may include intrusive negative thinking and habitual problem behaviors. As a systemic therapist, my couples work involves the co-creation of mutual language based on respect, love and validation. My career as a physician, although rewarding, ofte