Practitioner record · Checked 9 Oct 2026

Jeffrey Forget has been in practice 32 years and is licensed in New York. Jeffrey lists stress, Anxiety, relationship issues and family conflicts among 37 subjects on the BetterHelp roster.

Everything below is either quoted from Jeffrey's own BetterHelp listing, taken from public licensing records, or written by Maker Therapy and labelled as such. Nothing here is an availability promise, a review, or a rating.

32years in practice
37subjects listed
7approaches listed

01 · Who Jeffrey works with

Jeffrey works with stress, Anxiety, relationship issues and family conflicts

Jeffrey lists 15 specialisms and 22 further focus areas. Specialisms are the subjects Jeffrey chose to list first, which is the closest a listing gets to “this is my actual practice”.

Specialisms
  • Stress, Anxiety
  • Relationship issues
  • Family conflicts
  • Grief
  • Depression
  • Addictions
  • LGBT
  • Trauma and abuse
  • Intimacy-related issues
  • Parenting issues
  • Self esteem
  • Career difficulties
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Coping with life changes
  • ADHD
Also experienced with
  • Abandonment
  • Aging and geriatric issues
  • Attachment issues
  • Caregiver issues and stress
  • Commitment issues
  • Communication problems
  • Family of origin issues
  • Family problems
  • Fatherhood issues
  • Isolation / loneliness
  • Jealousy
  • Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
  • Mood disorders
  • Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
  • Personality disorders
  • Postpartum depression
  • Post-traumatic stress
  • Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
  • Sexual dysfunction
  • Social anxiety and phobia
  • Workplace issues
  • Young adult issues

02 · In Jeffrey's own words

What Jeffrey says about the work

Reproduced in full and unedited - not summarised, not tightened, not rewritten in a house voice.

Hello there, my name is Jeffrey Forget (pronounced the French way, like sorbet or parfait, soft g). I have been a practicing therapist for over thirty years, having completed my graduate training at Antioch New England Graduate School in 1990. I am currently licensed to practice in both Massachusetts and New York. I have worked in a variety of clinical settings over the years, including both inpatient and outpatient work. When first meeting and getting to know a client, I strive to identify and use what might work best for that individual, couple or family, as all of us are unique. I believe that my most important job as a therapist is to try my best to understand my client...who they are, where they come from, where they want to go. Though I consider myself primarily an insight oriented psychotherapist based on my training, I am a strong believer in cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, and mindfulness techniques. Above all, I believe in the healing power of the human relationship. If we can forge a trusting, honest, and safe therapeutic alliance, we can move forward toward identified goals. I believe that lasting change is possible. I am optimistic. Be in touch, and let's talk.

SPECIALITIES: Mood Disorders Adjustment Disorders Adolescence Aging Marital and relationship issues Parenting and Family matters Existential conflict

Jeffrey Forget, on the BetterHelp listing · read 9 Oct 2026

03 · How Jeffrey works

The 7 approaches Jeffrey lists, in plain English

These are the clinical methods Jeffrey lists. The descriptions are Maker Therapy's, not Jeffrey's - a general explanation of what each method is, so the list means something before you have spoken to anybody. They are not a claim about how Jeffrey runs a session.

Attachment-Based Therapy
Reads present-day relationship difficulty through the lens of how safety and closeness were learned early on. The therapeutic relationship itself is treated as part of the work, because it is where the pattern tends to show up first.
Client-Centred TherapyPerson-centred · Rogerian
The therapist does not steer toward a technique or a diagnosis. They offer sustained, non-judgemental attention and reflect back what they hear, on the premise that people find their own direction when they are genuinely listened to. Often what people mean by “someone who just gets it”.
Cognitive Behavioural TherapyCBT
Structured, present-focused work on the loop between what you think, how you feel and what you then do. Usually means noticing a thought pattern in the room, testing it against evidence, and practising something different between sessions. Among the most heavily researched talking therapies for depression and anxiety.
Mindfulness-Based TherapyMBCT
Trains attention on what is happening right now - body, breath, the thought as it arrives - so distress can be observed rather than automatically acted on. Strongest evidence is in preventing depression from recurring, and it is usually taught as a practice you keep doing outside the session.
Psychodynamic Therapy
Works on the assumption that current patterns - in relationships, at work, in how you treat yourself - have a history, and that seeing the history loosens the pattern. Less structured than CBT, usually longer, and more interested in what comes up unbidden than in a weekly agenda.
Solution-Focused Brief TherapySFBT
Starts from where you want to end up rather than from how you got here. Sessions look for the times the problem is already smaller and work out what is different about those, so the number of sessions tends to be short and the work concrete.
Trauma-Focused TherapyTF-CBT · trauma-informed
CBT adapted for people whose difficulty is rooted in a frightening or overwhelming event. Pacing is the point: safety and stabilisation come first, the memory itself is approached gradually and only when you are ready, and the aim is that recalling it stops hijacking the present.

04 · What happens next

From this page to a first session

Jeffrey practises through BetterHelp, so the route in is BetterHelp's. This is that sequence, written by Maker Therapy from the platform's published process - not a description of Jeffrey's own practice, and not a promise about how quickly anything happens.

  1. A questionnaire, not a booking form

    BetterHelp opens with a set of questions about what you are dealing with, what you want from therapy, and any preferences on the therapist. You are not booking Jeffrey at this point.

  2. Naming Jeffrey specifically

    BetterHelp matches algorithmically by default, so asking for Jeffrey is a step you have to take. There is a field for requesting a specific therapist during sign-up, and you can switch afterwards from your account. Starting from a link on this page does not by itself assign you to Jeffrey.

  3. If the caseload is full

    You will be offered somebody else rather than put on a waitlist. Worth knowing, because it is easy to assume a match is the person you asked for.

  4. The first conversation

    A first session is typically history and orientation: what brought you, what has been tried, what you want to be different. It is also where the questions in the next section belong.

  5. If the fit is wrong

    Changing therapist on BetterHelp does not need a reason. A first session that does not click is common and is not a verdict on therapy. That option existing is the main practical difference between a platform and a private practice.

05 · Before you commit

4 questions worth asking Jeffrey

Built from what Jeffrey actually lists, so they are answerable and specific rather than generic. Maker Therapy's, not Jeffrey's - Jeffrey has not seen them and is under no obligation to answer any of them.

  • “You list both Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy. Which do you lean on with someone like me?”

    Those two point in different directions - one structured and led by the therapist, the other led by you. The answer tells you what the sessions will actually feel like.

  • “How do you decide when someone is ready to work on a traumatic memory itself?”

    Pacing is the biggest safety question in trauma work. A clear, unhurried answer here matters more than any credential.

  • “With 32 years in, what has changed most in how you work?”

    Long experience is only an advantage if it has been examined. This tends to surface whether it has.

  • “How do you handle the gap between sessions if something comes up?”

    On BetterHelp this varies a great deal by therapist. Better to know the rhythm now than to discover it on a bad week.

06 · Practical details

Credentials and licensing

Credential
LMHC
Licensed in
New York
Licence
NY LMHC 006005, MA LMHC 1926
Licence number
1926
Licence expires
31 Dec 2027
NPI
1386604312
Years in practice
32
Gender
Male
Languages
English
International clients
Not accepted
Listed since
15 May 2026

07 · Provenance

Where every line on this page came from

Jeffrey's name, credential, state, subjects, approaches and biography are read from BetterHelp's therapist roster, which Maker Therapy re-reads once a day; this page reflects the reading taken on 9 Oct 2026. The licence number and NPI are cross-checked against public registers.

The plain-English method descriptions, the first-session walkthrough and the questions are written by Maker Therapy and labelled as such wherever they appear.

Maker Therapy is not BetterHelp, does not take bookings, and has not met Jeffrey. There are no reviews or ratings on this page because we have no way to verify one. If you start therapy through a link here, we may be paid a commission - it does not change your price and it does not affect who appears here or in what order.

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