About Esther
Esther Reynolds is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and a Licensed Professional Counselor who brings 31 years of clinical experience to her practice. She focuses on helping people who are struggling with anxiety, stress, depression, ADHD, and the effects of trauma. Her manner is straightforward and practical so parents can quickly see how she might help their situation.
Esther listens first and helps clients name what matters most to them.
Background and approach
She uses short-term tools when people need quick relief and deeper work when the issue runs long. She also helps with relationship strain, communication problems, parenting challenges, grief, and career pressure. Her sessions often include cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking and behavior.
She also draws on client-centered methods that put the client’s goals at the center of each session. Mindfulness exercises and grounding strategies are used to reduce panic and social anxiety symptoms. For people recovering from abuse or post-traumatic stress, Esther can incorporate EMDR-style approaches alongside skill-based DBT work for emotion regulation.
She adapts tools to each person's pace and tolerance rather than following a rigid script. Esther speaks English and Mandarin and sees clients from Virginia. She emphasizes a collaborative relationship where the client chooses the destination and she helps navigate the steps.
Her focus is on practical change that families and individuals can carry into daily life.
How Esther’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered work focuses on the client’s priorities and goals, with the therapist following the client’s lead to build trust and plan next steps. This approach helps people who need a compassionate, goal-driven space to figure out what they want to change.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches concrete steps to notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior. It is often used for anxiety, panic, phobias, and depression and translates well to video or phone sessions because homework and worksheets can be shared between meetings.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers practical emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and communication skills. These tools are useful for managing intense emotions, anger, and relationship conflict and fit well with short skill-focused check-ins online.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about symptoms, goals, and preferences and will suggest methods to try. If something doesn’t fit, they will adjust the plan together so therapy stays useful and practical.
Online formats include video, phone, live chat, and text messaging to match needs and schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations and screen-sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and work when hands-free time is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are convenient for brief check-ins, skill practice, and ongoing support between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 31 years
- Licensed
- Virginia, North Carolina
- Languages
- English, Mandarin
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