Esther Gosnell

Esther Gosnell is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in South Carolina with ten years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety, work through relationship and family concerns, and address trauma and abuse. Esther aims to meet each person where they are and create a plan that fits their situation.

Her style centers on respectful, sensitive, and compassionate care. She tailors conversations and treatment to each person's needs. Esther encourages small steps and practical changes that can ease daily strain.

Esther uses a mix of approaches when it makes sense for the person in front of her. She may use acceptance strategies to help people live with hard feelings and DBT skills to teach emotion regulation and coping. For trauma-related concerns she can incorporate methods designed to process painful memories in a paced way.

People who come to her often want clear tools and straightforward guidance. Esther supports exploration of self-worth, attachment and abandonment worries, caregiver stress, codependency, and communication problems. She also addresses mood disorders, panic attacks, and postpartum depression.

Her work invites collaboration: Esther and the person she sees decide together what to try and how to track progress. She recognizes starting therapy takes courage and aims to make the first steps as manageable as possible.

How Esther’s approaches translate to online therapy

Esther uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice painful thoughts and feelings and choose actions that match their values. ACT often focuses on small, doable steps to improve day-to-day life and manage stress.

She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. DBT-style work tends to be skills-focused and offers concrete tools for panic, mood swings, and intense reactions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Esther collaborates with each person to decide which methods to try based on goals and preferences. Together they track what helps and adjust the plan over time.

The biography does not specify session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins on hectic days, or offering options that avoid needing to be on camera. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT and DBT exercises to remote sessions, using mindful practices, breathing and grounding techniques, and skills coaching that translate well to a virtual setting.