Self-esteem therapists

Family Therapist, LMFT

Sharon Walls is a licensed marriage and family therapist based in Salt Lake City, Utah, also licensed in Wyoming and registered for telehealth in Florida, with 24 years in practice. She works with preteens, teens, adults, couples and families who feel stuck in relationship, work or family patterns or are facing hard life transitions. Her areas include anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, addiction and substance use, eating disorders and codependency, and she welcomes LGBTQ+ clients. Walls focuses on deep emotional connection and believes clients hold their own answers. Her methods include emotionally focused therapy, the Gottman Method, Imago, IFS, ACT and family systems work. She sees clients online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, CSAC

John Stacy is a Licensed Professional Counselor and certified substance abuse counselor in Norfolk, Virginia, with 14 years in practice, and he owns a group practice. He works with adults on trauma, grief, depression, anxiety, relationship concerns, ADHD and self-esteem, as well as addiction and alcohol use, dual diagnosis, bipolar disorder, perinatal and postpartum concerns and men's issues, and welcomes LGBTQ+ clients. Stacy takes a holistic view of mental, emotional and physical health and treats clients as the experts on their own lives. His methods include CBT, EMDR, Internal Family Systems, motivational interviewing, solution-focused and somatic approaches. He also provides clinical supervision and sees clients in person in Norfolk.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Kim Foreman is a licensed clinical social worker in Virginia Beach, Virginia, with more than 20 years of experience across private practice and other settings. She specializes in complex trauma and dissociative disorders, and also works with anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, self-esteem, sexual abuse, self-harm, personality disorders and women's issues, and welcomes LGBTQ+ clients. Foreman focuses on creating a safe setting for healing. She is trained in EMDR and clinical hypnosis and in conducting a structured diagnostic interview for dissociative disorders, and she runs a 31-week closed group that teaches stabilization skills to people with dissociation. She sees adults and older adults in person in Virginia Beach and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, LADC, CADC, MSW

Marc Richter is a licensed independent clinical social worker and licensed alcohol and drug counselor in Burlington, Vermont, with 28 years in practice. He works with teens, adults and families on addiction and substance use, ADHD, anxiety, depression, grief, self-esteem and relationship concerns, along with family conflict, parenting, oppositional behavior and men's issues, and welcomes LGBTQ+ clients. Richter sees clients as experts on their own lives and treats therapy as a series of healing conversations, using humor and plain talk to help align behavior, values and feelings. He draws on CBT, REBT, motivational interviewing, family systems and Multi-Brain Alignment work. He also offers clinical supervision and sees clients in person in Burlington.

Psychologist, PhD

Dr. Jacob Rusczek is a licensed psychologist in Montpelier, Vermont, also licensed in Massachusetts. He works with adults, older adults and couples on relationship concerns, depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, life transitions and self-esteem, and also with OCD, eating disorders, personality disorders, dissociation, chronic illness and chronic pain, and welcomes LGBTQ+ clients. Rusczek sees each course of therapy as different and treats it as a way to build self-awareness, since people often repeat painful patterns without knowing why. He listens closely, asks deepening questions and offers observations and connections, working from psychodynamic, psychoanalytic, existential and relational traditions. He sees clients in person in Montpelier.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MSW, APSW

John Troast is a licensed clinical social worker in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, also licensed in North Carolina and Nevada, with 10 years in practice. He works with children, teens, adults and families on anxiety, depression, trauma, stress, self-esteem, identity and relationship concerns, and also with ADHD, OCD, bipolar disorder, addiction, anger, personality disorders and family conflict, and welcomes LGBTQ+ clients. Troast sets specific, goal-oriented objectives with each client and revisits them regularly to keep therapy focused. His approach is trauma-informed and nonjudgmental, using CBT, family systems, the Gottman Method and mindfulness-based methods. He sees clients in person in Wauwatosa and online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, NATC

Rhea Ortman is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, certified in trauma-informed care and as a narcissistic abuse treatment clinician. She works with teens and adults who are survivors of trauma, including complex trauma, sexual abuse and domestic violence, and helps with anxiety, depression, grief, self-esteem, body image, codependency, self-harm and women's issues. She describes her style as collaborative, nurturing, empathetic and direct. Mindful of how minority status and oppression shape mental health, she aims to make therapy inclusive for clients of all backgrounds. She uses an integrative mix of ACT, CBT, DBT, compassion-focused and feminist approaches. She sees clients in person in Milwaukee and online.

Counselor, PsyD, LPC, NCC

Dr. Laurie Covington is a Licensed Professional Counselor and National Certified Counselor in Charleston, West Virginia, with a PsyD and 12 years in practice. She works with preteens, teens, adults, older adults, couples and families on anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, ADHD, grief, stress and self-esteem, as well as women's issues, infertility, narcissistic abuse, parenting and first responder concerns. Covington aims to be easy to talk with, offering empathy, unconditional listening and a judgment-free space for people ready to make lasting change. Her approach is integrative and person-centered, drawing on Adlerian, attachment-based, CBT, humanistic and mindfulness-based methods. She sees clients in person in Charleston and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, MSW, MPA

Leisa Barrett is a licensed independent clinical social worker in Morgantown, West Virginia. She works with adults facing trauma, abuse, grief and loss, infertility and substance misuse, along with anxiety, depression, OCD, codependency, domestic violence and women's issues. Barrett aims to help clients restore balance in daily life by looking at how present symptoms connect to past experiences and building coping strategies, with goals set together. She is trained in EMDR and also uses CBT, REBT, attachment-based, person-centered and mindfulness-based methods in a trauma-focused, integrative way. She sees clients in person in Morgantown and online.