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
The paths that lead us into therapy are different for each one of us. You may enter my office with excitement, reservation, indifference, anger or exhaustion. Regardless of what brings you in and how you’re feeling, it takes tremendous courage to make the decision to take a look at yourself. I offer a safe environment built on empathy, comfort and trust. As a licensed counselor with many years ...
I strive to establish a supportive, respectful, and affirming environment in which people can identify and explore thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and recurring patterns of behavior that may be interfering with their capacity to experience a fuller and more satisfying life. I place a high emphasis on the importance of the therapeutic relationship, and I offer a warm, relational, and culturally...
Clients approach me with a wide variety of concerns. Some examples: Teens and young adults often seek help in identifying and gaining traction in their goals and aspirations. Parents may struggle with their adolescent or young adult children, and need help navigating these years. Older clients may be facing the life challenges of redirecting their present and future life's goals, facing...
I see a wide range of individuals, couples and families with issues as varied as relationship dissatisfaction to drug and alcohol problems. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with many years of experience, I take a holistic and collaborative approach to treatment. I work with clients to understand how familial and situational factors may be contributing to their sense of unhappiness and/or...
Are you ready for a situation to improve, but you don’t know the steps to take? Perhaps your old ways of managing no longer work and you’re facing a new challenge such as relationship stress, personal loss, illness, or a life transition. If you want to heal from past traumas, learn better coping skills for managing daily stress, or you have a mental health condition such as anxiety or depressio...
I believe that we all have strengths within us that give us the capacity for healing, but often difficult life events can cause us to lose touch with those strengths. As a result, our coping abilities are often compromised, and seem outside of our ability to reclaim. It has been my experience to help individuals reconnect with their strengths, and use the abilities within themselves to be resto...
Dealing with life can be challenging at times. It is often helpful to have someone to talk to, who is completely present. I want to be that person for you. I work with people on their level to help empower them to make positive changes in their lives. I have more than 20 years experience in the social work and counseling field. I work with individuals: children and adults, families and couples....
Are you ready to make a change? Are you lost on how to start? Are you scared of the outcome? I have helped clients face those fears and embrace the life they have always wanted. People seek counseling for numerous reason, but often it involves a desire to change. A change from a situation that is making them unhappy. A change from a relationship or a pattern of behaviors that are unhealthy....
Change can be difficult, feeling stuck can be frustrating, and life transitions can be overwhelming! It takes a lot of courage to ask for help and I respect the people that do so and want to make a positive change in their life. My strength and passion lies in working with children, and individuals struggling with depression, anxiety, parenting, difficulties with relationships and careers. I se...
There is no such thing as the ideal client. What I strive for is to make the ideal bond between client and therapist. It’s extremely important to have a comfortable, open, and honest relationship with your client to help create a positive therapeutic environment. Clients should be motivated and engaged in what they want to see as their outcomes. It is ok to come into therapy not being able to...
*Currently not accepting new clients. In couples work, I use PACT to address struggles with communication, sex and intimacy, big life transitions, and infidelity, moving you towards a secure functioning relationship. My goal is to help you become experts in reading each other's road maps. In individual work, I address sexual trauma, low self esteem, self criticism, depression and anxiety. Using...
Our current environment is chaotic! Whether you are struggling with the outbreak of cornoavirus (COVID 19), or with a wholly separate issue (moving through a stressful transition, recognizing long term patterns that are holding you back, wrestling with challenging family dynamics, just to name a few), strong emotions might be coming up for you. Know that you are welcome here! You probably just...
I truly believe that we all possess the strength to overcome the issues that life throws us. Sometimes we just need additional training and assistance from others to help us overcome life’s obstacles. In our counseling relationship, we will work together to create a genuine relationship in which you feel heard and motivated to achieve your goals. Throughout my time as a counselor, I have been a...
Is your family life not what your envisioned? Are you worried all the time about the next crisis on the horizon? When you have a child who is struggling, you try everything you can but often it doesn’t seem to work (or at least, not for very long). Navigating everyday situations, from the classroom to the playground, can go from overwhelming to impossible when a child has extra needs. It can be...
“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt. I have had the privilege of providing mental health care to youth, families, and adults coping with life transitions and chronic family stress for 8 years. These circumstances have led many individuals to experience symptoms of depression, anxiety, feelings of anger, and loss. It is a sign of bravery and strength to se...
