About Esther
Dr. Esther Ogunjimi is a licensed clinical social worker with 21 years of mental health experience. She practices in Texas and offers care in English and Yoruba.
She focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship and intimacy-related concerns. She uses approaches that help people change what they can and accept what they cannot. Sessions are tailored to each person’s needs and goals.
Conversations are direct and grounded, aiming to build coping skills and improve day-to-day functioning.
How Esther works
Her background includes long experience supporting people who have experienced trauma and abuse. She also helps with self-esteem, motivation, coping with life changes, and career challenges. Grief, anger, and compassion fatigue are additional areas she addresses.
Dr. Ogunjimi works with issues connected to family of origin, communication problems, abandonment, attachment difficulties, and blended family concerns. She also supports people dealing with caregiver stress, divorce and separation, domestic violence effects, and eating-related struggles.
Therapy combines strategies from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral methods, dialectical behavior approaches, emotionally focused work, and client-centered care. The focus is on practical tools you can use between sessions, clearer communication, and building greater emotional awareness. To begin a working relationship she will collaborate with each person to set goals and a plan.
The emphasis is on steady progress, realistic steps, and helping people regain a sense of control and hope.
Esther lists 9 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 21 |
| Languages | English, Yoruba |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify personal values and take small steps toward a meaningful life. It blends mindful noticing with practical actions to manage stress, anxiety, depression, and adjustment to life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete techniques to reduce unhelpful patterns and improve mood and coping.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will review your concerns and preferences, then suggest methods that fit your goals. Decisions are collaborative and may combine elements from several approaches to match what helps you most.
Online sessions can use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video works well for deeper conversations and emotional work, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or chat support shorter check-ins or between-session contact. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between appointments.
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