Greetings! I am a fully Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Washington State, and Virginia, and Independently Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Ohio. I provide therapy to individuals via telehealth. I received my Master of Arts in Psychology, Child, Couple, and Family Therapy at Antioch University in 2015. I have been providing individual and family therapy since 2013.
I will provide compassion, psychoeducation, and structure in our sessions. I am passionate about neuroscience, and can explain why certain processes work. Are you feeling like you lost your way? Let’s work together! My clients tend to see tangible results within the first 12 weeks.
I work with individuals who seek to repair relationships, build a healthy foundation of trust to facilitate intimacy, heal from low self-esteem, improve communication skills, recover from burnout and compassion fatigue, career stress, life transitions, parenting concerns, depression, anxiety, borderline personality disorder, autism spectrum, ADHD, and traumatic stress among many other areas.
I work best with a client who is ready to make changes in their life. I can provide a coaching style approach.
I draw from evidence-based, Solution-Focused Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Trauma Informed Care, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Family Systems Theory.
I work with the client each step of the way to identify which methods work well with them and pivot as needed. I provide creative and active therapy, you won’t just be taught skills you will be walked through them in session, and that includes but is not limited to breathwork, grounding, mindfulness skills, and assertive communication skills. The client is expected to follow up with these skills in practice at home, alongside possible homework material for best results.
I fully believe everyone has the answers to their life questions within themselves, and my job is simply to facilitate inner healing, connection, and growth. I am passionate about providing therapy with compassion. I find that I tend to help people feel validated, set and meet goals, feel more confident and more aligned with the life they want to live.
I value a stable connection first and foremost, healing can more easily occur when we feel seen, heard, and understood.
Off of this platform I take Premera Blue Cross Washington, Regence BlueShield Washington, Cigna, Aetna and UnitedHealthcare. You can book with me at: https://care.headway.co/providers/esther-steen?utm_source=pem&utm_medium=direct_link&utm_campaign=12982
