Online Self Esteem therapists in Bensenville, Illinois IL
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Wayne G. Siegel, PhD, ABPP
Psychologist, Clinical Psychology
Low self-esteem doesn’t always look like insecurity—it can show up as chronic self-doubt, imposter syndrome, perfectionism, or the quiet belief that you’re never quite “enough.” Whether you're navigating a personal transition, professional pressure, or long-standing patterns of self-criticism, I offer structured, evidence-based support to help you rebuild a more grounded and compassionate sense of self.
My approach integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Schema Therapy, and Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) to address the core beliefs and behavioral patterns that sustain low self-worth. We’ll explore how early experiences, internalized narratives, and current stressors shape your self-concept—and develop practical tools to challenge distortions, clarify values, and build authentic confidence. For clients managing high-functioning anxiety or perfectionism, I also offer targeted psychoeducation and values-based decision support.
Therapy is collaborative, nonjudgmental, and tailored to your strengths. Whether you're a healthcare professional, entrepreneur, or someone quietly struggling behind a polished exterior, we’ll build a roadmap that honors your history and equips you for growth.
33 Years Experience
Online in Bensenville, IL (Online Only)
Be BOLD Psychology and Consulting
Psychologist, Ph.D
If your inner critic has been running the show, we’ll help you turn down the volume. We support clients in building self-trust, confidence, and a sense of worth that isn’t tied to performance, productivity, or perfection. You deserve to feel good about who you are — not just for what you do.
8 Years Experience
Online in Bensenville, IL
Merrisa Dawn Santos
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, NCC, CCTMHP, CCTP
In addressing self-esteem issues, I offer supportive and personalized guidance to help individuals cultivate a healthier self-perception. Through therapy, we explore the root causes of low self-esteem, such as negative self-talk, past experiences, or unrealistic standards. I provide strategies to challenge and reframe negative beliefs, promote self-compassion, and build self-confidence. Together, we work on developing a more balanced and positive self-image, focusing on strengths and achievements. Additionally, I offer tools for setting and achieving realistic goals, fostering a sense of empowerment and resilience. The goal is to help individuals recognize their worth, embrace their unique qualities, and lead more fulfilling lives.
5 Years Experience
Online in Bensenville, IL (Online Only)
Beck Gardner
Pre-Licensed Professional, M.A.
Difficulties with self esteem, whether you find it to consistently low or osculating between high and low, can be very damaging to a variety of areas in one's life. I work with folks to find a more positive and stable sense of self.
3 Years Experience
Online in Bensenville, IL
Bergen Counseling Collective
Counselor/Therapist, LCPC
The voice in your head is not kind. It tells you you're not good enough, smart enough, successful enough. It compares you to everyone else and finds you lacking. You've achieved things, maybe a lot of things, but none of it quiets the voice for long. Low self-esteem often has deep roots, messages you absorbed in childhood, experiences that taught you to doubt yourself, relationships that reinforced the belief that you don't quite measure up. We help you understand where these beliefs came from and, more importantly, how to build a different relationship with yourself. Telehealth throughout Illinois. BCBS PPO and Aetna accepted.
20 Years Experience
Online in Bensenville, IL
Guada Psychological Services
Counselor/Therapist, Psychologist, LCPC, LPC, MA Level Clinicians
At Guada Psychological Services, we help individuals struggling with low self-esteem build confidence, self-compassion, and a stronger sense of self-worth. Our therapists understand that negative self-perception often develops from past experiences, trauma, or unrealistic expectations. Through evidence-based therapy, we work collaboratively to identify unhelpful thought patterns, challenge self-criticism, and cultivate a more balanced, empowering self-view. Our goal is to help you develop the tools and mindset needed to feel confident, capable, and at peace with who you are.
10 Years Experience
Online in Bensenville, IL
Dr. Evelyn Comber
Psychologist, L.C.P.C., Ph.D., M.A., M.P.C., M.H.S., B.G.S.
One thing I have learned is that self esteem is the foundational to everything that we expect, accept, and tolerate to, and for, our selves. It is core, vital, and essential to our well being. If you are having struggles around this issue, please, please call me. I can help!
31 Years Experience
Online in Bensenville, IL (Online Only)
Bloom Behavioral Health Ptrs
Treatment Center, Psy'D, LPC, LMSW, CAADC, CCS
Our therapists help individuals challenge negative self-beliefs, build confidence, recognize personal strengths, and develop a healthier, more balanced sense of self-worth.
14 Years Experience
Online in Bensenville, IL
Greta Carlson, Psy.D., ABPP
Psychologist, Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Shame and fluctuating self-esteem can often stem from recurrent emotional traumas sustained across development, and in a range of contexts. I will work with you to identity how shame shows up in your life, and contributes to intense and persistently held beliefs about yourself, others, and the world around you. Working at a pace that feels manageable to you, we will explore the root cause(s) of shame in the present, and how to change the way you "speak" to yourself internally.
7 Years Experience
Online in Bensenville, IL (Online Only)
Anthony S. Dillon
Licensed Professional Counselor, LCPC, CHt
Get help for self esteem issues in the Chicago, IL area from experienced Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and Certified Hypnotherapist Anthony S. Dillon. Anthony provides online and phone counseling and hypnotherapy for self esteem, negative self talk, codependency issues, and difficulties communicating and interacting with others. Contact today for a free initial consultation.
30 Years Experience
Online in Bensenville, IL (Online Only)
Dr. Brian M. Berman
Psychologist, Psy.D.
Low self-worth is a primary culprit underlying low self-esteem. I will work with you to improve self-worth and build self-confidence.
22 Years Experience
Online in Bensenville, IL
Allyson Stephens
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, MSW, LCSW
It can be hard for a lot of people to reframe negative thoughts or feelings about themselves. I am here to help you find different ways of viewing yourself. I use IFS, EMDR, Somatic Therapy, CBT, and DBT for this issue.
8 Years Experience
Online in Bensenville, IL (Online Only)
Rachel Miller
Marriage and Family Therapist, PhD, LMFT
Self-esteem grows from a foundation of self-trust and recognizing your inherent worth. I work with individuals to rebuild confidence in their own judgment, strengthen inner resilience, and challenge messages that have undermined their value. Together, we focus on cultivating self-compassion, personal agency, and a deeper sense of trust in yourself and your choices.
9 Years Experience
Online in Bensenville, IL (Online Only)
Rachel Honaker, Depth Counseling Services
Counselor/Therapist, LPC
How we think and feel about ourselves impacts everything in our lives, even when we're not consciously aware of it. When we feel negatively about who we are, it's going to be challenging to make meaning, find joy, maintain mutual relationships, and access peace and rest. Asking the "why?" is an important first question. The next step can be to find a safe place to search for the pieces. Therapy can be that space, not because the therapist is going make you feel good, but because it can provide a supportive environment to explore your story and how your brain arrived to the conclusion that there is something inherently negative about you. Through the process we can deconstruct the narrative that has you stuck, begin to understand yourself differently, and move towards integration and wellbeing.
10 Years Experience
Online in Bensenville, IL
Lora Proia/ Centered Village LLC Counseling & Therapy
Licensed Professional Counselor, NCC, LCPC, LPC
As a therapist specializing in self-esteem building, I help clients reconnect with their inherent worth and challenge the inner critic that distorts their self-image. Low self-esteem often stems from early experiences, societal pressures, or chronic self-doubt—and I guide individuals in rewriting those narratives through compassion, cognitive restructuring, and strengths-based reflection. My approach encourages clients to recognize their value beyond achievements or external validation, fostering a more resilient and authentic sense of self. Confidence isn’t about being perfect—it’s about embracing who you are, flaws and all.
16 Years Experience
Online in Bensenville, IL
Beth Janis
Psychologist, Ph.D.
With so many pressures and impossible standards around us, it can be easy to feel defeated and inadequate. And oftentimes, our minds are so quick to criticize ourselves for any perceived slight. Together, we can work on building your self-esteem by understanding the "rules" and messages you may be holding on tightly to, your unique areas of strength and challenge, and ways to interact with yourself in a more compassionate manner. Low self-esteem is often intertwined with other experiences and challenges that we can disentangle and navigate together.
8 Years Experience
Online in Bensenville, IL
Alicia Stalker-Gallichio LMFT
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, SAP
At Alicia Stalker LMFT we provide Self-Esteem Therapy understanding that self-esteem plays a crucial role in how you view yourself and interact with the world. If you struggle with feelings of inadequacy, self-doubt, or negative self-talk, you are not alone. Our therapy services are designed to help you build a healthier self-image and foster genuine self-acceptance.
21 Years Experience
Online in Bensenville, IL
Anne Zakaras
Counselor/Therapist, LCPC, ATR-BC, PMH-C
When your relationship with yourself is defined by self-doubt, people-pleasing, and a harsh inner critic, it affects every single corner of your life. Anne provides a warm, non-judgmental, and deeply collaborative space to help you dismantle those negative self-narratives and build authentic self-esteem. As a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, she partners with individuals to help them break free from the cycle of insecurity, quiet the voice of perfectionism, and rediscover their inherent worth.
Anne’s integrative approach is uniquely designed to bypass the intellectual defense mechanisms that keep low self-esteem in place. By combining evidence-based psychotherapy with creative art therapy and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), she offers a safe space to explore and externalize old beliefs about your value. Together, you will learn to treat yourself with genuine compassion, establish healthy boundaries, and step into your life with confidence—whether you are navigating a major life transition, professional burnout, a chronic illness diagnosis, or the profound identity shifts of parenthood.
8 Years Experience
Online in Bensenville, IL
Jaylan Abd Elrahman
Psychologist, PhD
What an honor it is to be a supportive companion on your path to deeper wellness! I see therapy as a process wherein people can grow a more honest connection with themselves, learn and practice hope-generating perspectives and skills in their lives and stretch their imaginations for how to lovingly create a future that feels meaningful and liberating!
Dr. Jay works with adolescents and adults who:
* Struggle to manage the stresses of daily life and experience emotional distress, depression, grief and/or anxiety
* Are survivors of complex trauma, interpersonal, generational and/or collective trauma
* Yearn to clarify purpose in life, often exploring existential, spiritual, and identity-based questions
* Seek a space to dream beyond the moment they are in to create new futures for themselves and those they love
* Values justice-oriented, compassionate, and creative relational care
6 Years Experience
Online in Bensenville, IL
Jacqueline Elster
Psychologist, PsyD, HSPP, LP
Systems of oppression impact self-esteem by perpetuating discrimination, marginalization, and negative stereotypes that devalue us based on race, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status or other identities. These oppressive systems can lead to internalized negative beliefs, chronic stress and diminished self-worth as we constantly face societal messages that undermine their value and abilities. This ongoing marginalization and exclusion contribute to feelings of inferiority, powerlessness and self-doubt, significantly harming self-esteem and overall mental health. My approach to therapy actively works to reduce sexism, racism, classism, ableism, weightism and other exclusionary classes by helping you understand how you have been impacted by these systems and deconstructing the beliefs youhold that perpetuate these exclusionary institutions.
16 Years Experience
Online in Bensenville, IL (Online Only)
Self Esteem therapists in Bensenville, Illinois Statistics
Self Esteem therapists in Bensenville, Illinois average 16 years of experience and charge around $207 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Self Esteem (100%), Anxiety or Fears (90%), and Depression (81%).
Average years in practice
16 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$207
Gender ID
| 67% |
Female |
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| 29% |
Male |
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| 3% |
Non-Binary |
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| 1% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 56% |
In Person and Online |
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| 44% |
Online Only |
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Top Specialties
| 100% | Self Esteem |
| 90% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 81% | Depression |
| 76% | Stress |
| 63% | Social Anxiety |
| 63% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 61% | Loss or Grief |