
Self-Esteem Counseling
in Houston, TX and Online
Do You Focus on Your Weaknesses Instead of Your Strengths?
You may seem happy and successful on the outside, but secretly live with the fear that you will be “found out.” This “imposter syndrome” can drive you to overachieve and strive for continuous success to maintain the mask of positive self-esteem. This can lead to problems with self-worth, perfectionism, procrastination, competition, and burnout.

Therapy for low self esteem can help you build confidence.
Low self esteem can be a perpetual struggle. When masked, this can lead to rebelliousness, acting as if the opinions or good will of others – especially people who are important or powerful – don’t matter.
The self-esteem mask can protect you from the hurt of perceived judgments and criticisms by others. It can also lead to problems like blaming others excessively, or struggling with authority.
Or perhaps you feel helpless and in need of others to provide guidance. This can lead to a lack of assertiveness skills and dismissing your own strengths, lack of trust in self, and excessive reliance on others. When you don’t feel solid within, you can easily feel anxious and unsure.
Therapy can help you improve self esteem and learn to trust yourself.


What is Self-Esteem?
Self-esteem is a realistic, appreciative opinion of oneself that can fluctuate at different points in one’s life. This means that self-esteem can change! You are not powerless, and you don’t have to have low self-esteem forever.
Our self esteem therapists can help you regain your power, challenge the negative thinking patterns of the inner critic, develop a compassionate and nurturing relationship with yourself, learn to trust yourself and start overcoming low self esteem.
Sometimes it can be helpful to reframe or gain understanding about a situation or experience that may have contributed to your core beliefs or the way you feel about yourself. For example, you may feel the need to be perfect because early on it was the only way your needs for connection were met. These experiences shape our behavior and condition us to believe or behave in a certain way that is no longer working. By gaining a different perspective about the situation you can shift your beliefs about yourself and give yourself the compassion and nurturing that you needed.
Learning to trust yourself can improve low self-esteem. Tuning in to your own inner resources can guide you in decisions and finding confidence from within. You can stop asking others for advice or opinions when you feel the need for reassurance. Instead, you can feel stronger and more secure.


What is Self-Compassion?
Low self esteem counseling ultimately involves learning and practicing self-compassion. Self compassion means acknowledging when you’re having a hard time or experiencing pain, learning to accept yourself with all your imperfections, learning to soothe yourself with comfort and kindness when you’re stressed, anxious, or unsure, and learning to allow yourself to be a fallible human like everyone else.
People with low self esteem often have compassion for others, but not for themselves.
Self-compassion doesn’t mean not having goals for yourself or not striving to do well. Rather, it is a way of relating to yourself that actually helps you accomplish your goals more readily than through shame-based methods. No matter what your accomplishments on the outside, successes or failures, you are deserving and worthy of kindness and compassion.
Through therapy, you’ll learn to develop a kind and loving relationship with yourself vs. a harsh, judging voice. Self compassion skills can increase your emotional resilience, motivation, happiness and overall well-being.
By building self-compassion, overcoming low self esteem is possible.
Self compassion fosters self worth. Seek therapy to help you build a compassionate relationship with yourself vs focusing on your imperfections. Not only will your sense of self improve, but self compassion also reduces related mental health conditions. You feel better!
Keeping a gratitude journal can help with building compassion – this helps you on what is good vs. what is lacking.
Self criticism isn’t motivating, it’s just keeping you stuck.
Self compassion is the way out.


Self-Esteem Therapy FAQ's
- Develop a realistic sense of your strengths and feel at ease with yourself
- Find value within yourself and learn to trust yourself
- Recognize that you are “comparing your insides to other people’s outsides,” exaggerating their strengths in comparison to your own
- Learn to challenge negative thoughts and the negative self-talk that attacks your self-esteem
- Decrease feelings of inadequacy & increase a sense of self worth
- Increase healthy self-esteem and self-acceptance
- Learn to communicate assertively with others
- Love others securely
- Make life changes that support your values vs. your fears, such as asking for a raise or promotion or seeking a new career or relationship
- Increase overall life satisfaction and feel good in your own skin
You Don’t Have to Struggle with Low Self-Esteem
Long-term benefits of increased self compassion can impact every area of your life from increased health and well-being to more satisfying relationships.
Let one of our licensed therapists help you reclaim and value your unique self.

Get Help From a Specialist in Self-Esteem Counseling
Alexandra Marshall
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Alexis specializes in working with adolescents, young adults, adults, and families. She has experience working with anxiety, depression, disorde…
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BOOK AN APPOINTMENTDiana Cabrera-Stewart
Diana’s specialty areas include working with mothers at any stage in their journey, as well as working with clients for whom race, culture, ethn…
BOOK AN APPOINTMENTHolly Lark
Holly specializes in working with adolescents, young adults, and women. She is passionate about helping clients work through life transitions, b…
BOOK AN APPOINTMENTJennifer Castro
With over 10 years of experience in the mental health field, Jennifer is passionate about helping you work through grief, anxiety, OCD, disorder…
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Jessie has over 10 years of experience working with children, adolescents, young adults, parents, and families. She specializes in a range of ne…
BOOK AN APPOINTMENTJoan Mullinax
Joan specializes in therapy services and career counseling and helps clients with challenges incl. anxiety, depression, self-esteem, relationshi…
BOOK AN APPOINTMENTJoey Harmon
Joey offers therapeutic services for everyone aged 3 and up and strives to provide a judgment-free environment for you or your child to learn an…
BOOK AN APPOINTMENTKatie Chapman
Katie enjoys helping clients better understand themselves and reach their goals at their own pace.
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Kelsey enjoys working with teens, young adults, and couples to help them build the lives they want and make meaningful changes.
BOOK AN APPOINTMENTLizz Calderon-Mullens
I work with children, adolescents, families, and young adults to help with anxiety, depression, spiritual, and relational concerns.
BOOK AN APPOINTMENTMarcie Dinkin
Marcie works with parents, young adults, and teens, together or individually, to assess what the major issues and roadblocks are, address any hu…
BOOK AN APPOINTMENTMargaret Mayer
Margaret works with clients navigating grief, life transitions, anxiety, and LGBTQ/identity-related issues and LGBTQ couples. Leading with empat…
BOOK AN APPOINTMENTRebecca Perez
I’m passionate about helping people overcome life’s challenges. Whether you are struggling with a personal crisis brought on by trauma, relatio…
BOOK AN APPOINTMENTRoddy Young
Roddy has been providing counseling to individuals and couples in both medical and private practice settings for over 20 years. He specializes i…
BOOK AN APPOINTMENTRon DonLevy
Your feelings matter and you deserve to be heard. Ron will join you on your journey of personal growth, healing, and change.
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Sam specializes in working with moms, parents, teens and adults struggling with parenting/postpartum, eating disorders, body image, and addictio…
BOOK AN APPOINTMENTSarah Soto
Sarah’s specialties and professional interests include helping people through life changes, trauma, PTSD, abuse, anxiety, stress, depression, AD…
BOOK AN APPOINTMENTSteven Serrano
Steven is a bilingual (English & Spanish) psychotherapist. Steven’s experience includes counseling individuals, couples, families and teens in t…
BOOK AN APPOINTMENTSuzanne Kamfar
Suzanne (Susan) is bilingual (English & Farsi). Her focus is on helping you navigate through life with balance, harmony, and authenticity. She w…
BOOK AN APPOINTMENTTiara Runyon
Tiara offers a collaborative approach, fit to suit your individual needs. Her experience includes working with those facing life transitions and…
BOOK AN APPOINTMENTVanessa Guidry
Vanessa works with children, teens, young adults and families. She helps with behavioral concerns, emotional stress such as anxiety, anger and d…
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