About Esther
Esther Priegue offers practical, skills-based therapy rooted in approaches like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. She draws on 25 years of clinical experience to help people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, low mood, and issues with self-esteem. Esther is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - practicing in New York and she speaks English and Spanish.
Esther focuses on clear, doable steps you can use between sessions. She helps people identify unhelpful thoughts, build emotional coping skills, and set small goals that lead to change.
Background and approach
Sessions are straightforward and geared to the problem at hand, whether that is sleep disruption, persistent worry, or work and career stress. Her practice also addresses a wide range of life challenges, including grief, caregiving and hospice concerns, chronic illness and pain, and compassion fatigue.
Esther works with clients facing relational or family of origin issues, communication and commitment concerns, and patterns like codependency or dependent personality traits. She supports people exploring sexual orientation and LGBT concerns as well. Therapy uses practical tools from Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused Therapy when helpful.
Trauma-Focused Therapy guides work with past harms and abuse in ways that aim to restore a sense of safety and control. Esther tailors methods to each person’s needs and goals rather than following a single script. Sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Esther treats each person as the expert in their life while offering structure, feedback, and accountability to help move toward clearer, more manageable days.
How Esther’s Approaches Work Online
Esther commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to guide online work. CBT helps people notice and change unhelpful thought patterns that fuel anxiety or low mood, with practical homework and behavior changes between sessions. DBT focuses on building emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and communication skills when feelings become overwhelming.She also draws on Motivational Interviewing to support people who feel stuck or unsure about change. That approach uses gentle conversation to clarify goals and strengthen motivation, which can be useful alongside skills training and problem solving. Esther aims to match methods to each person’s goals and preferences through collaborative discussion rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls let therapists and clients work face to face when visual cues help. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits a break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging are available for ongoing support, brief skills coaching, or when writing out thoughts feels easier. These formats offer flexibility while keeping the focus on practical tools and steady progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English, Spanish