I have 14 years of experience working in mental health settings. I am and LMFT and RYT. I have been training and practicing family therapy with Karin Schlanger for 5 years at the Mental Research Institute. I help couples, families, kids and teens to make the changes they want to.
When faced with challenges we sometimes get stuck in patterns that don’t support us or our relationships. Sometimes our well meaning attempts to solve our problems, perpetuate it and get us more stuck. Our problems can come and go or they can be persistent and chronic. Perhaps there is goal or a relationship quality you desire and you don’t know how to “get there”. Therapy with me, will help you move out of the past and into the present and future.
My work is to listen to “what hurts” now and collaborate to find solutions that will work. We will clarify what is getting in the way of living how you want to live, consider alternative ways to approach what you want and take steps towards the life you want to be living
We are all a sum of our past and it is important to move into the future. – Karin Schlanger
Esther Krohner, B.S, M.S. is a licensed therapist providing counseling, training and consultation throughout the United States and internationally. She received her undergraduate degree in Psychology at Wayne State University in 2009. She received a Master of Science degree in Educational Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy from California State University- East Bay in 2014. She undertook additional postgraduate studies in Brief Therapy at the Mental Research Institute in Palo Alto, California from 2013 to 2020. Esther has been working alongside with Karin Schlanger for 10 years.
She has also trained as a Yoga instructor in 2009 (200) and 2014 ( 500) and applies these skills to her current activities. Esther has conducted research on the intersection between yoga and brief therapy for children and teens.
She has contributed to published texts on creative therapy approaches.
Esther has worked in a variety of settings including home based care, community mental health centers, Intensive outpatient care and school based counseling. Esther believes people are best served when they are viewed as a whole, with contextually relevant assessments/interviews and counseling that are tailored to their needs. Esther brings pragmatic tools, a systems lens and hope to some of life’s most difficult problems.
