Esther Bold
Practical, experienced counseling for life’s hard moments
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed in
- Oklahoma, Alaska
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Esther
Esther Bold is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 20 years of practice based in Alaska. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, trauma, and other life challenges. Esther focuses on clear, straightforward help so clients can make practical changes.
She holds an LPC and brings long clinical experience to each session. Her style is warm and down-to-earth. She listens first and helps clients set small, doable goals.
Sessions often include talking through patterns, practicing new ways of responding, and trying tools between meetings.
Background and approach
Esther adapts methods to match what each person needs. Esther draws from several well-established approaches. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and change behaviors.
She also applies Attachment-Based work to look at how early relationships shape current feelings and connections. When trauma is present, she may integrate EMDR techniques to reduce distress tied to upsetting memories. She pays attention to context such as work, caregiving, and cultural background.
Esther helps clients prioritize what matters most in daily life. The work is collaborative - she and the client decide what to try and how to measure progress. Practical matters are handled simply.
Sessions are offered online in a variety of formats, and costs vary by location and the subscription model used. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and sessions are scheduled from there.
How Esther’s Approaches Work Online
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships influence current emotions and connection patterns. Online sessions can help people notice those patterns and practice new ways of relating in everyday life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce stress and improve mood. It often includes homework tasks that translate well to video or messaging formats. Esther may also use Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, called EMDR, when trauma memories are a focus; EMDR aims to reduce the intensity of distress linked to specific memories.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist and client review needs, goals, and preferences together and try methods that seem most helpful. Sessions are collaborative and adjusted over time based on what is effective for the individual.
Online therapy with Esther is offered through several flexible formats: video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, manage caregiving or work demands, and maintain continuity when travel or weather make in-person meetings difficult. Licensed professionals can use these formats to teach skills, coach through practical problems, and support progress between sessions.
Attachment-Based Therapy
Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma, Alaska
- Languages
- English
Next step
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