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Esther Bold, LPC

  • Experience20 years
  • LocationAlaska
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Addictions, and Relationship
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Attachment-Based Therapy
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About Esther

Esther Bold is an LPC with twenty years of clinical experience practicing in Alaska. She has developed a practice that blends evidence-based therapies with compassionate listening to help people facing depression, anxiety, addiction, trauma, relationship strain, and other life stresses.

Background and approach

Esther emphasizes how personal history, identity, and cultural context shape emotional responses and treatment needs. Her work focuses on practical recovery and growth - helping clients process painful experiences, improve communication, and build coping skills for life transitions.

She draws on a range of methods, listening for what each person needs and tailoring interventions to support resilience and clearer self-understanding. Sessions aim to strengthen clients’ resourcefulness and capacity for change while honoring each person’s story.

Esther maintains professional licensure details for Alaska and also holds licensure numbers for Oklahoma. She offers therapy in English and structures services to fit different circumstances and schedules, supporting people through both short-term concerns and more complex, longer-term issues.

Integrating therapeutic approaches into online care

Esther often uses Internal Family Systems to help people understand and work with the different parts of themselves, such as protective or wounded aspects, which can be useful for trauma recovery, addictions, and self-esteem struggles. Attachment-Based Therapy is another influence in her work, focusing on how early relationship patterns shape current trust, intimacy, and communication issues and guiding interventions to build safer relational experiences. Client-Centered Therapy informs her overall stance, emphasizing empathic listening and collaboration so clients feel heard and respected as they define their goals.

Choosing the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. Esther works with each person to explore what fits their needs and preferences, adjusting techniques over time and inviting feedback so the plan evolves with progress and changing goals.

Online therapy with Esther is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules or when in-person visits are difficult. These formats provide flexibility in timing and communication style, allowing clients to continue consistent work on skills, processing, and relationship patterns from different settings while maintaining continuity with a licensed professional.

Frequently asked questions

What types of problems does Esther commonly address?
She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family issues, parenting, anger, self esteem, career challenges, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.
What is her therapeutic style and approach?
Her style combines empathy with evidence-based approaches such as Internal Family Systems, attachment-based perspectives, client-centered work, CBT, and DBT to tailor treatment to each person's needs.
How much experience does she bring to practice?
Esther has 20 years of clinical experience, offering long-term and short-term work informed by sustained practice across many presenting issues.
Where is Esther licensed and practicing?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with licensure details including AK LPC 194756 and OK LPC LPC05008, and she provides services from Alaska.
Does she work with clients who speak other languages or live abroad?
Sessions are provided in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
Available formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and needs.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsRelationship issuesFamily conflictsDepression

Also works with

Trauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesBlended family issuesChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Gottman MethodMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

20+ years

Licensed

Oklahoma, Alaska

Languages

English