Esther Dubique, LCSW

Esther Dubique is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Virginia with seven years of experience. She focuses on relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting challenges, anxiety, depression, and related concerns. Esther works with adults who are managing hard emotions and major life changes.

She uses practical, evidence-informed methods rather than jargon. Conversations tend to focus on specific problems and clear steps to reduce overwhelm. She helps people notice patterns, try new ways of communicating, and practice small changes that fit day-to-day life.

Esther draws on a mix of approaches including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based work, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and a client-centered way of meeting people. That mix supports work on emotions, close relationships, and the habits that keep problems stuck. She often addresses issues such as shame, self-esteem, intimacy-related concerns, and codependency.

Her background includes supporting clients through adoption and foster care issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, fertility and end-of-life concerns, and first responder stress. She also helps people cope after natural or human-caused disasters and with communication problems that affect daily life.

Esther keeps the focus practical. Sessions look at what is happening now, what patterns contributed to it, and what realistic steps someone can try between meetings. This approach aims to relieve immediate distress while building skills for longer-term change.

How Esther uses therapy approaches in online sessions