Low Self-Esteem Counseling
Do you find yourself struggling with feelings of inadequacy, self-doubt, or a persistent negative inner voice? Low self-esteem can significantly impact various aspects of your life, affecting your relationships, work, and overall well-being.
Understanding Low Self-Esteem
Low self-esteem is often intertwined with a range of challenging emotions and experiences, including:
- Increased Sensitivity
- Social and General Anxiety
- Depression
- Shame
- Perfectionism
- People-pleasing tendencies
These feelings can create a cycle of negativity, making it difficult to recognize your strengths and build confidence.
How Low Self-Esteem Counseling & Psychotherapy Can Help
At the practice of Marina Edelman, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Westlake Village, CA, we offer compassionate and effective counseling to address low self-esteem. Utilizing short-term, solution-focused therapy, Marina Edelman helps clients cultivate assertiveness, build confidence, and develop greater self-awareness.
Therapy for low self-esteem focuses on several key areas:
- Identifying and Celebrating Accomplishments: Often, individuals with low self-esteem struggle to recognize their achievements. Therapy can guide you in identifying specific activities where you feel competent, helping you acknowledge your strengths and build a more positive self-perception.
- Developing Realistic and Achievable Goals: Setting and achieving realistic goals provides tangible evidence of your capabilities, leading to a significant boost in self-esteem. Therapy can help you define these goals and develop a plan to achieve them.
- Cultivating Positive Relationships: The people you surround yourself with can significantly impact your self-worth. Therapy can help you identify and nurture positive relationships while setting healthy boundaries with those who may contribute to negative self-perceptions.
- Finding a Stronger and Kinder Inner Voice: A critical component of self-esteem therapy is transforming negative internal dialogue. Many individuals with low self-worth engage in harsh and critical self-talk. In therapy, you will learn practical strategies to challenge these negative thoughts and cultivate a more positive and encouraging inner voice.
Take the First Step Towards Change
Many clients choose to address stress through couples therapy, where we work directly on the relational patterns driving emotional overload.
Contact Marina Edelman, LMFT, today for a confidential consultation.
Learn More About Marina Edelman’s Services
You can also find more information on her Psychology Today profile: Marina Edelman – Psychology Today. Or explore resources on the AEDP Institute website: Marina Edelman – AEDP Institute
FAQ Section
Can relationship problems really cause chronic emotional overload ?
Yes. Relationship distress is one of the most significant contributors to chronic stress. Ongoing conflict, emotional disconnection, or feeling unsupported keeps the nervous system in a heightened state of alert, which can lead to anxiety, burnout, and physical symptoms over time.
Is stress management therapy different from couples therapy?
Stress management therapy often overlaps with couples therapy when stress is driven by relationship dynamics. For many clients, addressing communication patterns, emotional safety, and conflict directly within the relationship leads to more effective and lasting stress reduction.
Should we seek couples therapy if overwhelm is affecting our relationship?
Yes. If stress is contributing to frequent conflict, emotional distance, or decreased intimacy, couples therapy can help identify the patterns fueling stress and create healthier ways of relating.
Do you offer burnout counseling for individuals as well as couples?
Yes. I work with both individuals and couples. Individual therapy often focuses on stress related to relationships, emotional regulation, and personal boundaries, while couples therapy addresses shared relational dynamics.
Do you offer stress management therapy via telehealth?
Yes. I provide therapy to clients throughout California via secure telehealth, in addition to in-person sessions in Westlake Village, CA.
Serving Westlake Village, Malibu, Calabasas, Thousand Oaks, Moorpark, Newbury Park, Simi Valley, Camarillo, Oak Park, and surrounding areas in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, and beyond in the state of California via telehealth.