Hi there, I'm Esther!
As a member of the LGBTQ+ community and someone with a long history in conservative Christian spaces, I know that it can be scary to reach out to a therapist. Life itself often feels uncertain. What I believe is that even in ambiguity, you already know what you need next. When you're ready, it would be my honor to help you along the way.
My focus
I love helping people who are experiencing changes -- religious affiliation, gender presentation, physical bodies, relationships, careers, grief, or patterns of behavior. My favorite feeling is seeing my patients courageously cross thresholds into what's next, and discovering that there is belonging and meaning on the other side.
My approach
My "mother tongue" in therapy is DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy), which is an amazing evidence-based approach that provides a lovely mix of mindfulness practices with practical skills. Stylistically, I also draw on Motivational Interviewing techniques, attachment-therapy, postmodern approaches, and have been trained in DBTPE for trauma.
Expertise
Specialties
Treatment approaches
Focus populations
Therapy types
- Couples Therapy
- Individual Therapy
Ages served
- Adults
Practice
Accepted insurance providers
- Aetna
- Allegiance
- Allied
- Anthem
- Arlo