ABOUT ROBERT F. FORSTON
Stress Management
Personal, Family, & Work Counseling
Peak Performance Through Success Principles

Robert F. Forston, Ph.D. has been Director of The FORSTON INSTITUTE for Success Through Stress Management since 1989. Dr. Forston is Past President of the National Association of Certified Stress Management Consultants.

He has been personally trained and certified by Dr. John Gray as a Mars Venus Relationship facilitator and counselor. Robert has been on staff of Dr. Gray’s national Personal Success Seminars. Dr. Forston is also a professional affiliate of the Midwest Center for Anxiety and Stress. Robert has been trained in hypnosis at the UCLA Medical School. Dr. Forston was trained at UCLA in Quality Parenting, is certified by Dr. Ilene Val-Essen for Quality Parenting? workshops and coaching, and is certified by The National Board for the North American Society for Parent Training & Development.

Robert received his Ph.D., M. A., B. A. degrees in (interpersonal) communications and psychology from the University of Minnesota. He has also received additional education at UCLA, Drake University, BYU, and the University of Utah. Dr. Forston was an associate professor and chair of communications at Drake University. He also taught at the University of Minnesota, St. Olaf College, College of the Canyons, the National College of the State Judiciary, and The American Academy of Judicial Education.

In additional, Robert has received Stress Management Training from UCLA, Brigham Young University, and The Federal Emergency Management Administration. The following have also trained Dr. Forston: Dr. Daniel Amen’s Behavioral Medicine training for Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Champion Teutsch's I.D.E.A.L. Method, the Neuro Emotional Technique, Congruency Balancing, The Graf Institute of Stress Management, and Neuro Linguistic Programming. He is not a licensed physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, psychotherapist, or social worker.

Married over 30 years and father of five children, Robert is active in community, church, and professional associations. He participates in the Boy Scouts of America, YMCA, PTA, Indian Guides, The Boys and Girls Clubs, YMYW and others.

In addition to professionally working with individuals, couples and families, Dr. Forston has worked with the employees of Southern Pacific Railroad, Westinghouse, Snap On Tools, 3 D Systems, U. S. Air Filtration, Silgan Containers, Temps On Time, Mobil Oil, the Federal Reserve Bank, the Los Angeles Unified School District and numerous others. He has published over twenty-five professional articles and books as well as numerous magazine articles.

Dr. Forston has also been a member of several distinguished organizations, including Past President of TempNet, on the Board of Governors of Goodwill Industries of Southern California, a Commissioner of the Iowa Supreme Court Continuing Education Commission and other associations. He also experience in business as CEO and COO of several corporations.