Esther Priegue, LCSW
Licensed in New York · 25 years in practice
Esther Priegue uses practical, evidence-informed methods to help people manage everyday struggles.
License and registration
- LCSW, New York
- 071793 · expires May 2029
- NPI
- 1447292594 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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About Esther
Esther Priegue uses practical, evidence-informed methods to help people manage everyday struggles. She is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience and works from New York. Esther speaks English and Spanish and focuses on clear, doable steps that clients can try between sessions.
Esther helps people facing stress, anxiety, low mood, and trauma. She also supports those dealing with ADHD, grief, sleep problems, and compassion fatigue. Relationship concerns, self-esteem, family of origin issues, and major life changes are common topics she addresses.
Background and approach
In sessions she draws on approaches like cognitive behavioral work and trauma-focused methods to address upsetting thoughts and memories. She uses skills from dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotion regulation and from solution-focused work to set short-term goals. Motivational interviewing techniques help people find their own reasons to try something different.
Esther aims for straightforward conversations. She listens, reflects what she hears, and offers concrete strategies people can test in daily life. Sessions balance exploring how past events shaped someone with steps to feel better now.
Many clients come to Esther wanting practical tools and small changes that add up. She encourages self-compassion and steady progress. People who prefer sessions in Spanish can request that language for their work together.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Esther lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- ADHD
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Cancer
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Esther names
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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Online support
Practical therapy approaches for online care
Esther commonly uses cognitive behavioral approaches to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions so people can test small changes and see what helps.She also draws on trauma-focused methods to address painful memories and their effects. That work often includes pacing the conversation about past events and building skills to manage distress in the moment. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are used when people need tools for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, or improving communication.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and suggest techniques to try. Then they adjust the focus together based on how those strategies feel and what is most helpful.
Online formats make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and practice of skills, phone sessions can be convenient when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins or when written reflection feels better. These options help people access ongoing support with more flexibility around work, caregiving, and travel.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Esther help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, self-esteem issues, ADHD, grief, sleeping problems, and compassion fatigue among other concerns.
What is her overall therapy style?
Her approach is practical and collaborative, using clear steps, skill building, and goal-setting to make gradual changes that fit daily life.
How much experience does she have?
Esther has 25 years of professional experience supporting people through a wide range of life challenges.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She practices from New York and holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential, listed as LCSW.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How is pricing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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