About Esther
Esther Geffner is a licensed mental health counselor who guides people through stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and post-traumatic stress. She holds a Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling and brings 14 years of professional experience to her work in New York. Her style is direct and practical.
She uses a mix of evidence-based techniques to address trauma, relationship strain, and day-to-day struggles like sleep, eating, and anger. Sessions focus on clear steps clients can try between meetings.
Background and approach
Esther often helps parents sort through parenting worries and supports people coping with major life changes or career stress. She also works with those concerned about intimacy and self-esteem. ADHD is listed among her areas of focus and can be part of the conversation in sessions.
Esther describes her approach as integrative. She draws from approaches such as cognitive-behavioral and solution-focused methods, along with motivational techniques, to tailor work to each person’s needs. The emphasis is on building trust and practical skills.
People who choose her can expect straightforward talk, goal-oriented planning, and exercises to practice outside sessions. Her goal is to help clients find manageable ways to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning.
Online Approaches and How They Help
Esther uses cognitive-behavioral techniques to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and change patterns that feed anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. This approach breaks problems into small, practical steps and teaches skills to use in everyday life.She also draws on solution-focused methods, which concentrate on strengths and quick, actionable strategies for moving forward. These techniques are useful for people who want targeted changes, such as improving relationships, managing anger, or handling career stress.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to decide which techniques fit their goals, preferences, and the issues at hand, and will adapt methods over time as needs change.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow a deeper conversational session, phone work can fit a tight schedule or low bandwidth situations, and live chat or text-based messaging suit brief check-ins, appointment reminders, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep up with therapy while managing family, work, and daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- 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
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- New York, New Jersey
- Languages
- English
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