If you're experiencing a few or more of the following on a fairly consistent basis, therapy for self-esteem is the right support system for you:
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Easily jealous of others
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Often compare yourself to others
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Overly critical of yourself
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Focus on your weaknesses
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Ignore your achievements
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Experience difficulties accepting compliments
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Experience immense sadness, anger or worthlessness
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Often isolate yourself
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Eager to please others
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Easily blame yourself for mistakes
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Over-apologize
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Experience difficulties making decisions
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Experience difficulties making friends
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Experience difficulties asserting yourself or setting boundaries
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Have a pessimistic outlook on life
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Experience difficulties challenging yourself
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Resort to perfectionistic tendencies
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Negative body image
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Engage in poor health choices
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You don't like yourself
I specialize in counseling women, young adults and highly sensitive persons experiencing difficulties due to low self-esteem.
I am an integrative therapist and I incorporate several evidence-based treatment models into the therapeutic process. Here are the most common approaches I use to support you:
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
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Compassion-Focused Therapy
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Strengths-Based Therapy
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Psycho-education
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Holistic Therapy
As a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, I have received specialized training in treating every person as a whole, and I help clients heal by taking the entire human being and their life experiences into consideration for assessment and treatment purposes. The goal is to help you strike a balance in taking care of your entire being, so you can effectively tackle and overcome your low self-esteem in a way that works best for you.
Therapy for Self-Esteem
You find it difficult to keep up with what you, and others, think you should be doing with your life. You often compare yourself to friends, family or co-workers and feel as though you are not good enough. You believe that you should be accomplishing much more than you currently are and others achievements or successes leave you feeling insecure and down on yourself.
You are tired of never feeling good enough.
I get it and I'm here to help!
I'd love to help you break free from self-defeating thoughts, beliefs and behaviors, so you can manage your low-self esteem it in ways that feel healthier for you and begin to feel confident in yourself.
Common contributors to low self-esteem:
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Social beauty standards
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Social expectations
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Academic difficulties
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Bullying without adequate support
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Abuse and trauma
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Emotionally distant parents
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Disapproval from others
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Extreme criticism from parents, caregivers or authority figures
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Ongoing stressful life events
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy & Strengths-Based Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Strengths-Based Therapy are therapeutic approaches that are commonly used to help treat low self-esteem. These are evidence-based approaches that encourage you to take charge by implementing strategies and techniques that allow you to address your negative perception of yourself and build confidence.
These psychotherapy approaches aid you in understanding the thoughts and feelings that influence your behaviors, and how these behaviors impact your life in certain ways. You gain skills and techniques that assist you in being more in control of how you think, feel and react.
I incorporate CBT and ACT strategies into our therapy sessions to guide you in identifying and processing the connections between your emotions, thoughts and physical experiences. The goal is to help you break free from self-defeating thoughts, beliefs and behaviors, so you can manage your low-self esteem it in ways that feel healthier for you and begin to develop increased esteem and confidence.