About Esther
Esther Lowery is a therapist who blends attachment-based and client-centered approaches to help people untangle relationship and intimacy struggles. She draws on 13 years of clinical experience and holds MD, LCMFT, and LMFT credentials. Esther aims to create a calm space where clients can put words to their concerns and begin practical work toward change.
Her approach starts by listening to each person's story and noticing what already works. She uses attachment ideas to track how early relationships shape current patterns.
How Esther works
That helps when people face commitment issues, communication problems, or feelings of emptiness. Esther also uses cognitive behavioral strategies to identify unhelpful thinking and try small behavior changes. Dialectical behavior ideas support emotional regulation and coping during times of crisis or big life transitions.
Existential perspectives open conversations about meaning, choice, and values when people feel stuck or overwhelmed. Common concerns she addresses include depression, self-esteem, trauma and abuse, grief, and stress from parenting or caregiving. She also supports people facing career stress, eating struggles, bipolar mood concerns, ADHD, and issues related to adoption, abandonment, or family of origin wounds.
Work with Esther typically focuses on practical steps and clear goals. She helps clients build new habits, stronger communication, and greater emotional steadiness. The aim is measurable improvement in day-to-day relationships and coping.
Esther lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
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.
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | MD, LCMFT, LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 13 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Maryland |
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Online support options
Approach-driven online care for relationship and mood concerns
Esther uses attachment-based ideas to map how early bonds affect current relationships and patterns. That approach helps when people struggle with commitment issues, communication problems, or feelings of abandonment and emptiness. She also works from a client-centered stance, which means sessions begin with listening and follow the person's priorities so therapy fits their goals and pace.She blends these foundations with cognitive behavioral techniques to spot thinking patterns and test small behavior changes that ease depression, anxiety, or low self-esteem. Choosing the right mix of methods is collaborative - Esther will discuss options, try approaches together, and adjust based on what helps most for each person's goals.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and nonverbal cues, phone can fit a short check-in or lower bandwidth needs, and chat or messaging works for brief touchpoints, coaching-style support, or when writing feels easier. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep momentum between sessions.
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