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
Do you ever feel stressed or overwhelmed with life's challenges and don't know who to turn to for help? You're not alone and help is available to you! By making the call to set up your first appointment, you are headed in the right direction to feeling better again. Whether you are struggling with sadness, anxiety, perfectionism, fear of failure or of success, family or relationship issues, no...
My practice and interventions start where you are. I specialize in working with clients struggling with a wide range of stressors. I do not believe in a one size fits all model, and will pull from different approaches utilizing interventions that best fit your needs. We will work together to develop a treatment plan with achievable goals that makes sense for you. My training as a yoga instructo...
Quality of life is often compromised by personal, career, and/or relationship challenges and transitions. Emotional symptoms that cause depression, anger, and anxiety can accompany these problems, often outweighing an individual's ability to cope and effectively attend to daily roles and responsibilities. In psychotherapy, I provide a safe, caring, and non-judgmental environment where challenge...
Life can be painful and chaotic at times, and it is easy to get stuck in patterns that no longer serve you. As a licensed psychologist with experience in multiple settings, I use a variety of therapies to support your wellness goals. These include CBT, mindfulness, positive psychology, increasing resilience, and supporting healthy lifestyle behaviors, which are a foundation for mental health. M...
I have practiced psychology for over 40 years with a philosophy focused on interpersonal relationships. I believe that relationships are the most important thing in life--relationships with our maker, spouse, children, family, friends; and that good relationships are based on trust. Good relationships make you feel happy, productive, creative; and bad relationships make you feel sad, depressed,...
I believe my most effective work is with couples for premarital, weddings, and troubled marriages. I have over thirty-five years of experience in this area. Military personnel and couples are also one of my areas with a great deal of experience. Additionally, I have extensive work in grief counseling and addictions. Other areas include issues with aging and diseases as well as issues of...
Essentially, I'm a change agent and I love the work that I do! If you're looking for someone to partner with you to make positive changes in your life, I'd love to speak with you! Whether you seek to change your thoughts, feelings, reactions, mood, circumstances, mindset, traumatic memories, self-esteem, relationships, behavior, habits, physical health, or stress level, it's an honor to come...
Has something occurred recently that pushed you over into unfamiliar territory and is causing anger, anxiety, depression? I have helped hundreds of people, adults, adolescents and children reconcile these issues, identify wants and needs, and achieve resolve for a more satisfying life today, and promising tomorrow, for this generation and the next. I am a parent & child advocate, family &...
“As no one else can know how we perceive, we are the best experts on ourselves.” Though attaining complete self-awareness may take a lifetime to acquire, ultimately the greater our self-awareness the more success we will have in changing ourselves and changing the way we interact with others. Caitlin Kelly is an experienced counselor, having counseled patients for a decade and a half, including...
Perhaps you have been to one too many virtual meetings, where people have asked how you feel and you say fine, but you really aren’t. Are you feeling isolated? Overwhelmed by continually being confined at home with family members? Do you have anxiety about health or the economy or are simply missing the life you used to lead? Everyone needs someone to reach out to. I am here for you. In my care...
My goal is to provide a warm, supportive, collaborative environment for my clients. I am a licensed psychologist specializing in individual and group therapy for children, adolescents, college students, and adults. I can assist in the development of coping strategies to manage social challenges, stress, depression, and anxiety. I help individuals learn about specific behaviors and develop...
Welcome. I'm so glad you've found your way here, especially in uncertain times like these. Right now, many of us are wondering how we can remain open and flexible rather than be constricted by anxiety. The folks I work with often feel "out of alignment" ; they want to show up differently in the world but also, feel trapped by internalized patterns of shame, blame, & fear. I specialize in workin...
My uniquely extensive experience providing mental health support embraces many modalities of treatment. I specialize in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy to help clients with issues of substance abuse, personal issues, and forensic needs. I service many populations and age ranges. I am considered a court expert witness and I am well versed in testing and evaluation. I am a Clinical Member of th...
At Plankeel Counseling, LLC, we love to work with motivated clients to help you achieve your goals, heal, and restore your health, lifestyle, and relationships to their full potential. We have two providers, Jordan De Jong, LPC and Jeffrey Plankeel, LCSW (Jordan's photo below). Jeff focuses on individual and marriage therapy, and Jordan De Jong, LPC focuses on individual therapy with teens and...
I can help you move through difficult conflicts in your life, to deepen your relationship with yourself and others and create life that is more fulfilling. In a safe environment we can explore difficult topics and begin to understand ongoing life patterns. When there is a lack of awareness of why one continues to engage in self-sabotaging behaviors and/or unhealthy relationships, the change is...
