Esther Zack , LMFT

Esther Zack is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with six years of clinical experience working with individuals, couples, and families. She emphasizes that the most important ingredient in successful therapy is the connection between therapist and client, and she aims to walk alongside people as they move past whatever is blocking them and discover their own inner wisdom and answers.

Esther draws on a broad range of therapeutic approaches and decades of work in related fields, including support and advocacy for native born Americans and people from more than 30 ethnic groups. She brings particular experience with adoption and foster care, having raised an adopted child to adulthood as a single adoptive parent, and she is passionate about supporting foster and adoptive parents. Esther is also attuned to the impacts of racism, discrimination experienced by LGBT communities, and other social inequities on personal and family life.

In sessions she takes a warm, compassionate, and nonjudgmental stance, combining a strong listening presence with a sense of humor to help people through difficult moments. Her practice addresses a range of concerns including stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting, career and life transitions, and questions of identity and purpose. Esther is a licensed clinician in Oregon and is not currently accepting new clients.

How Esther's Approaches Translate to Online Therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and take committed steps toward those values while learning practical ways to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. It can be useful for stress, anxiety, life transitions, and finding purpose.

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how past and current relationships shape feelings of safety and connection. This approach supports work on intimacy, parenting, relationship patterns, and healing from early wounds.

Client-Centered Therapy prioritizes a respectful, nonjudgmental therapeutic relationship in which the therapist follows the client's lead, offering empathy and support to strengthen self-awareness, self-esteem, and personal growth.

Choosing the right approach is typically a collaborative process. Esther works with each person to explore goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, adjusting methods as the work evolves so the therapeutic plan fits the individual.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to schedule sessions around work, family, and daily life. These options can increase accessibility and continuity of care, allowing licensed professionals and therapists to meet people where they are and maintain momentum between sessions.