Esther Lowery , MD, LCMFT, LMFT

Esther Lowery is a licensed mental health professional with 13 years of clinical experience. She works with people who are facing relationship and intimacy struggles, low self-esteem, depression, and life transitions. Esther brings a calm, straightforward manner and focuses on practical steps people can use day to day.

She centers her work on attachment-based and client-centered ideas. That means she pays attention to how past relationships shape current patterns and follows the person’s own goals in sessions. Esther also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and uses skills from dialectical behavior therapy when strong emotions make life harder.

Typical sessions involve listening closely, naming patterns, and practicing small experiments between meetings. She helps people map out clear goals and build routines that support those goals. Esther prefers language that stays simple and concrete so people can try ideas right away.

Her background includes clinical work in Maryland and Connecticut across community and outpatient settings. Those years of practice have given her experience with grief, trauma, eating concerns, ADHD, and challenges tied to family of origin and commitment worries. She also supports people navigating LGBT issues and the emotional impact of major life changes.

Esther holds an MD and is licensed as a clinical marriage and family therapist and as a licensed marriage and family therapist - LCMFT and LMFT. She offers sessions in English and provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for flexibility.

How Esther's Approaches Translate to Online Therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. Online sessions use conversations to identify those patterns and practice new ways of relating that reduce repeating old hurts. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's goals and lived experience; the therapist follows the client's lead and offers reflection and support to help clarify next steps.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Esther collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and comfort with different tools. Together they will try strategies, check what helps, and adjust direction based on what the person says is useful.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which makes therapy more flexible. Video works well for longer sessions and face-to-face conversations. Phone calls are useful when bandwidth is limited or for a focused check-in. Live chat and text messaging can support brief check-ins, skill practice between sessions, or moments when typing feels easier than talking. These options help people fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while still working toward clear goals.