About Esther
Esther Gorsha is a licensed clinical social worker in Louisiana with 20 years of experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxious thoughts, grief, or depression. She also supports those facing relationship strain, LGBTQ concerns, trauma and abuse, and struggles with intimacy or addiction.
Esther focuses on meeting each person where they are. She listens without judgment and adapts conversations and plans to fit individual needs. The aim is to make therapy feel useful and achievable, one step at a time.
Background and approach
Her work draws on talking and practical skills. She uses client-centered methods to keep the pace and goals directed by the person in therapy. She also brings cognitive behavioral tools to identify patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going.
When trauma is part of the picture, she applies trauma-focused practices and mindfulness techniques to help people feel steadier in their bodies and minds. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are used when intense emotions or self-regulation are a concern. Esther often supports people facing life transitions, caregiving stress, chronic illness, or loss.
She helps people struggling with panic, mood swings, anger, guilt, or a diminished sense of self-worth. Her approach is practical, respectful, and aimed at building skills for everyday life.
Approaches that translate to online care
Esther commonly uses client-centered work that focuses on what matters most to the person in therapy. This approach means sessions follow the person's pace and priorities, helping set goals and choose steps that feel doable. Cognitive behavioral therapy is also used to spot and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which can reduce anxiety and improve day-to-day functioning.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Esther will work together with each person to pick strategies that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative process includes checking in on what helps and adjusting the plan over time so therapy stays practical and relevant.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video lets people work face-to-face when visual cues matter. Phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging allow for shorter check-ins or ongoing support between full sessions. These options help people fit care into busy schedules and manage follow-up between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English
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