About Esther
Esther Reynolds greets people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, or trauma. She offers straightforward, steady support to help clients set goals and take small steps toward daily improvements. Esther works with adults facing career strain, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stress, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
She practices in Virginia as a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and a Licensed Professional Counselor. Esther draws on approaches that suit each person rather than using one fixed method.
Background and approach
She often uses client-centered listening to understand what matters most to the individual. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques are used to identify unhelpful thoughts and build practical coping skills. For people who carry trauma or painful memories, she can include EMDR elements and mindfulness practices to reduce distress and improve emotional regulation.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are introduced when strong emotions or intense reactions interfere with daily life. Sessions are collaborative and paced to the client's needs, with the therapist guiding rather than directing. Esther emphasizes finding a clear, client-chosen goal and then working toward it step by step.
She brings more than three decades of experience in community and independent practice settings. Esther offers services in English and Mandarin and works through common life challenges like panic attacks, social anxiety, codependency, and recovery from sexual assault or abuse.
How Esther’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered work focuses on listening and understanding each person's priorities so therapy follows the client's pace and goals. This approach helps when someone needs a space to sort feelings and decide what matters most.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical tools to change unhelpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, depression, panic attacks, and everyday stress.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers skills for managing intense emotions, improving relationships, and handling conflict more calmly. These skills can be practiced in sessions and applied between meetings.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to pick strategies that match goals, preferences, and the situation. Sessions may shift methods as needs change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets the therapist and client work face to face when convenient. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a work break. Live chat or text messaging provides shorter check-ins or step-by-step coaching between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum between appointments.
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What this counselor 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