About Esther
Esther Geffner is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and a Licensed Professional Counselor with 14 years of clinical experience in New York. She holds a Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling and focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. Her approach is practical and direct, aimed at making therapy feel useful from the start.
Esther draws on an integrative style that blends evidence-based techniques to match each person's needs.
How Esther works
Sessions focus on real problems and clear steps to manage symptoms like sleep disturbance, low mood, or overwhelming worry. She also works with concerns around relationships, intimacy, parenting strain, career changes, and grief. Clients can expect straightforward conversations that look at patterns and build new skills.
Esther uses methods such as cognitive strategies and solution-focused work to identify unhelpful thoughts and set achievable goals. She also incorporates motivational techniques to support changes people want to make in their lives. This therapist pays attention to how past trauma and abuse affect current functioning and has an added focus on post-traumatic stress.
Sessions aim to strengthen coping, reduce distress, and rebuild a sense of control. Esther offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
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What Esther works with
The areas below are the ones Esther selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
Training and background
| Registers | LMHC, LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Esther uses cognitive strategies to help people notice and change unhelpful thought patterns. This approach breaks problems down into thoughts, feelings, and actions so people can try different responses and reduce distress. It is often helpful for anxiety, depression, and sleep difficulties.She also uses solution-focused and motivational techniques to set clear goals and build momentum for change. Solution-focused work highlights strengths and small steps that make a practical difference, while motivational methods support readiness and follow-through when people want to shift behaviors like eating habits or sleep routines.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Esther will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts methods as progress is made. The focus is on finding what helps most in daily life rather than sticking to one fixed method.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options provide flexibility for people juggling work, parenting, or changing schedules while working with licensed professionals to address their concerns.
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