About Esther
Esther Steinberg is a licensed master social worker (LMSW) in Michigan who helps people struggling with anxiety and related concerns. She focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Her tone is warm and straightforward, and she aims for a close working partnership with each person she sees.
Esther has four years of experience providing therapy in mental health and school settings. She has supported people dealing with depression, stress, parenting strain, relationship and family problems, body image concerns, and grief.
Background and approach
Her background means she is familiar with both everyday struggles and more complex mood or trauma-related issues. Her approach blends client-centered listening with techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and perspectives from psychodynamic work. Sessions often include talking through current problems, identifying unhelpful thinking patterns, and looking at how past experiences affect present feelings.
Esther helps people set small, doable goals and notices changes over time. She adapts what she does to fit each person's goals and preferences rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan. That may mean practicing new coping tools, reflecting on relationship patterns, or working on self-esteem and body image concerns.
Communication and collaboration guide each step. People who prefer a supportive, problem-focused style may find her easy to work with. Esther aims to create a respectful space for honest conversation and steady progress.
Therapeutic approaches for online anxiety care
Esther uses client-centered therapy to focus on each person's experience and priorities. That means she listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps people decide what matters most for them. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, is also part of her work and targets patterns of thinking and behavior that keep anxiety and low mood going. CBT is practical and often includes exercises to try between sessions.She also draws on psychodynamic ideas to consider how past relationships and experiences shape current feelings and reactions. That perspective can help when patterns repeat or when deeper emotional patterns underlie present stress. Picking the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process; Esther works with each person to decide which methods suit their goals, pace, and preferences.
Online therapy with Esther can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is helpful for face-to-face conversation and interactive exercises, while phone sessions can work better when video bandwidth is an issue. Live chat or messaging can offer quick check-ins, short problem-solving, or a way to practice skills between longer sessions. These options aim to make therapy fit into busy lives and varied schedules, so people can keep working on change in ways that feel manageable.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Anger management
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Mood disorders
- Relationship issues
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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