Esther Geffner, LMHC, LPC
Compassionate, practical support for parenting and life stress
Book with Esther- Years in practice
- 14
- Credentials
- LMHC, LPC
- Licensed in
- New York, New Jersey
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Esther
Esther Geffner is a licensed mental health counselor and licensed professional counselor practicing in New York. She holds a Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling and brings 14 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and parenting-related concerns. Her approach centers on practical steps that people can try between sessions.
Esther uses an integrative counseling style that blends techniques to match each person's needs. She incorporates elements of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, motivational strategies, and solution-focused work to set clear goals and track progress.
Background and approach
Sessions often include skill building for mood, sleep, and coping with life changes. Many clients come for help with grief, relationship strain, intimacy-related issues, anger, or career stress. Esther also provides support around eating concerns, attention-related challenges, and post-traumatic stress.
She aims to keep conversations straightforward and focused on what feels most useful in daily life. Her sessions may involve talking through difficult memories, testing new ways of reacting, and creating short practical plans to try at home. Parents can expect help managing parenting strain and balancing personal needs alongside family responsibilities.
Esther describes her work as collaborative and goal-oriented. She helps people identify what’s getting in the way, sets small achievable steps, and adjusts the plan as progress is made. The goal is steady improvement rather than quick fixes.
What Esther works with
Everything Esther lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Esther helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Post-traumatic stress
Evidence-based approaches and online support
Esther often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify unhelpful thought patterns and test new behaviors. CBT is practical and works well for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and stress by teaching clear tools to change reactions and routines.She also integrates motivational techniques to build momentum when motivation is low. Those methods focus on clarifying personal values, strengthening commitment to change, and breaking larger goals into manageable steps. Solution-focused strategies are used too to set short-term goals and support quick practical changes that can ease daily life.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapy process. Esther works collaboratively with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, preferences, and circumstances. She adjusts the plan together as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a longer session is needed. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to touch base between sessions or when a quick question or coping tool is needed. These options help people fit sessions around work, parenting, and daily life.
Questions people ask about Esther
What concerns does Esther commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting strain, sleep and eating concerns, anger, career challenges, and ADHD-related struggles.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is integrative and practical. She blends techniques to set goals, build skills, and try small changes between sessions.
What is her professional background?
Esther has 14 years of clinical experience and holds a master’s degree in mental health counseling.
What licenses does she hold and where does she practice?
She is a LMHC and an LPC and provides services while based in New York.
Are sessions available in other languages or for international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
Which session formats are offered?
She meets with clients via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does billing and cost work?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability. Sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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