Licensed Professional Counselor
All PHC clinicians are highly trained and able to treat our clients that are experiencing anxiety, depression, life transitions and/or mood disorders. Please continue to explore our bios if you require a more specialized treatment plan.
Esther is a Licensed Professional Counselor who specializes in working with young adults navigating relationship issues rooted in past trauma. She helps individuals and couples explore how childhood, family, and intergenerational trauma impact romantic and interpersonal relationships. Esther’s extensive experience working with children and adolescents and her expertise in the realm of childhood development, provides her a unique understanding of how early trauma and unhealthy development can lead to challenges in adult relationships and family dynamics.
Esther is collaborative and friendly in her therapy. She skillfully leverages her deep connection with clients to facilitate meaningful change and integrates trauma-informed therapies and couples frameworks like The Gottman Method to support healing and growth in relationships.
Esther holds an EdS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Loyola University of Chicago and received her Bachelors in Psychology from Lake Forest College. Outside of work, you can find Esther trying new recipes for dinner parties with her friends and family. She practices her own mindfulness through yoga and intends to get certified as a yoga instructor.
