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MD, LCMFT, LMFT

Esther Lowery, MD, LCMFT, LMFT

  • Experience13 years
  • LocationMaryland
  • Focus areasADHD, Relationship, and Intimacy-related issues
  • Therapy approachesAttachment-Based Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy
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About Esther

Esther Lowery is a licensed therapist with 13 years of clinical experience who blends attachment-informed work with client-centered and cognitive techniques to address relationship and personal concerns.

Background and approach

She holds an MD and dual marriage and family therapy licenses (LCMFT, LMFT), and brings a collaborative stance that recognizes each person's strengths while attending to patterns that hinder intimacy, self-esteem, and motivation. Her approach emphasizes respect for the client's story and practical skills to manage depression, anger, and life transitions.

Esther’s practice includes support for a broad range of concerns such as trauma and abuse, grief, eating and bipolar-related challenges, compassion fatigue, and ADHD. She also addresses specific relational dynamics like commitment issues, blended family and adoption and foster care matters, attachment difficulties, and family of origin problems.

Based in Maryland, she offers flexible session formats aimed at meeting clients where they are and helping them move toward more fulfilling relationships and greater emotional resilience.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Esther commonly integrates attachment-based work and cognitive behavioral techniques in sessions. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationship patterns shape current ways of connecting and helps people develop more supported, responsive interactions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and developing practical strategies to change behavior and mood, useful for depression, anxiety, and motivation challenges.

Choosing the best approach is collaborative; the therapist works with each client to determine which methods fit their goals, preferences, and the issues they bring. Initial conversations typically clarify priorities and allow the therapist to blend attachment-informed understanding with skills-based CBT or other techniques as needed, so treatment can adapt over time.

Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and access. These formats make it easier to fit regular therapeutic work into busy schedules and to maintain continuity during life transitions. Licensed professionals can tailor session length and communication style across these formats to support progress in a way that suits each client's daily life.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Esther commonly address?
Her work covers relationship and intimacy problems, self-esteem and motivation issues, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, eating concerns, bipolar-related matters, compassion fatigue, and ADHD among other areas.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses an attachment-informed, client-centered stance combined with cognitive and dialectical tools to help clients explore patterns and develop practical coping skills.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 13 years of professional experience working with a range of emotional, relational, and life-transition challenges.
What credentials and location are associated with this therapist?
She holds an MD and is licensed as LCMFT and LMFT, with license details including MD LCMFT LCM971 and CT LMFT 001584, and practices from Maryland.
Can sessions be conducted in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English; international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats does she offer?
Appointments are available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; services use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session based on the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Relationship issuesIntimacy-related issuesSelf esteemDepressionCoping with life changes

Also works with

LGBTTrauma and abuseGriefEating disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBlended family issuesCommitment issuesCommunication problemsDependent personalityDivorce and separationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisPostpartum depressionSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Existential TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingInternal Family Systems

Experience

13+ years

Licensed

Connecticut, Maryland

Languages

English