Self-esteem has to do with a person’s confidence, feelings of adequacy, and the overall way they think of themselves. If someone is unsure of themselves, they may feel unworthy, nervous, or sad. Self-esteem issues can also stem from other mental health concerns, such as anxiety, trauma, or depression.
Available Treatment Options
The bulk of counseling interventions for improving self-esteem include challenging negative thought patterns. Understanding the root of these thoughts can also be helpful in therapy. Therapists and counselors can help people process and resolve harmful childhood messages, challenge negative thoughts, and set goals for self-empowerment and self-love.
Therapists Who Specialize in Helping Those Who Struggle With Self Esteem
Are you lonely? Maybe your relationships provide more negative feelings than positive ones, or your family environment feels like a war zone. Either way, you hurt. Understanding and learning how to express your pain in a way that can be heard is a process. I provide a non-judgmental space for you to both, discover and express yourself to those you love. Learning to love well can heal wounds whi...
I enjoy working with clients who are motivated to change, and if you're not there yet, we can work on your motivation. Whether it's an alcohol or other drug problem. or difficulties with emotions/moods, trauma, stress management, or interpersonal/relationship problems, there is almost nothing within you now that you can't change or improve if you really want to do it. I find it rewarding to wor...
Therapy services are provided to children, families, married couples, and individual adults. A cognitive-behavioral approach is used to address presenting problems. This technique is beneficial in helping to treat anxiety, depression, mood disorders, grief, relationship issues, etc. as thoughts and feelings lead to behaviors or actions. Treatment services are also provided utilizing trauma...
I am a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, specializing in Integrative Health & Wellness for over a decade. While talk therapy can be very effective to address life challenges, sometimes it is not enough. Incorporating complementary methods alongside talk therapy can often be the key to truly help you heal. Whether you are experiencing anxiety, health-related conditions (e.g. headaches; chronic pai...
As humans, we’re not always comfortable expressing our needs, owning our issues, or admitting that we have a problem. What you’re experiencing is what countless other individuals are facing as well. I know this because I see them in my office every day. Their stories are all unique; however, they share more in common than they know: burnout, shame, stress, guilt, fear and anger. Each of these h...
CURRENTLY CONDUCTING VIDEO SESSIONS ONLY. LIMITED AVAILABILITY, BUT FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ABOUT POTENTIAL OPENINGS. I recognize there are times we can get focused on regrets of the past. Or we're consumed with the chaos of anticipating the future. We can be overwhelmed by anxiety, sadness, or experiences of loss and grief...sometimes leading to isolation, being "stuck", or unhealthy relationship...
As a holistic psychotherapist, I maintain a "mind-body-environment" perspective to understand how mental, emotional, physical and spiritual health are interconnected and interrelated to our relationships with others, the environment (nature-culture) and ourselves. I recognize that when those elements are imbalanced, it creates symptoms that can lead to suffering. Anxiety and depression, among...
Are you feeling overwhelmed? Everyday stressors and relationship losses can leave you feeling disconnected from others, anxious or depressed. Whatever you are going through, I am here to help empower you with support, acceptance, and empathy. Let me help you align with your strengths, confront old patterns that impede your progress, learn new ways to interact in relationships, and deepen your...
I think of my work as a way of helping patients make friends with themselves. I believe that we torture ourselves by holding onto memories that are painful. We play endless "tape recordings" in our minds that create anxiety, depression or compulsive behaviors. We repeat destructive patterns in our relationships which lead to isolation, shame, regret and guilt. Our choices in life become narrow ...
My contact with clients starts by providing a safe, secure environment in which the client can slowly open themselves to the therapeutic process. I have special training in attachment issues and injuries but also blend cognitive behavioral, systems therapy, solution focused and neuroscience modalities into treatment as needed. I approach counseling using the therapeutic relationship as the...
My passion is helping clients grow and move toward more positive mental health and a more positive life path through traditional talk therapy as well as experiential techniques. Experiential techniques are hands-on activities that allow us to "see" and "experience" our struggles and situations in a different way. This new perspective allows clients to make progress where they may be "stuck". Th...
As your therapist, using mindfulness and a caring presence, I will accompany you on the road to personal growth, supporting you in understanding how you can become appreciative of your behaviors: they helped you come this far! We will explore how you can see your life through different, enriching perspectives to include multiple ways of being in relationship and acting in the world in a more...
VIDEO/TELE-HEALTH ALSO OFFERED. Tele-health is much easier to set up than most people think. It is convenient and still very engaging. Whether in office or on video, my role is to help people heal and thrive, not just exist, but to feel joy and fulfillment while dealing with all life brings. I have advanced training in anxiety, coping, handling stress, and grief/loss and trauma. I am also a Par...
NEW CLIENTS AFTER September 2020. Telehealth only currently. Are you longing for emotional, mental, relational, and spiritual health? Are there unresolved issues preventing you from achieving personal satisfaction and healthy relationships? Do you struggle daily with anxiety, poor mood, a lack of motivation and confidence? Or do you simply want to explore your unique life purpose, improve marit...
My passion and focus is providing counseling support to individuals, couples, and families in need of healing and positive change. Located in Liberty Station of Point Loma, San Diego, I provide a compassionate and confidential space to help you manage and resolve challenges including binge eating/compulsive overeating, stress management, relationship conflict, anxiety, depression, premarital...
