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Dallas Attachment Therapist

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Dr. Esther Aguilar-Tejada
Post Doctoral Fellow

Supervised by Dr. Brittany Escuriex, Licensed Psychologist (TX #36767)

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Work With Esther

Rates:

50-60 minute Individual and Intimate Partner Counseling Sessions $150

 

Accepts the following insurance:

  • Aetna 
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield 
  • United Healthcare 

 

Offers services in English and Spanish

 

Sometimes we get stuck in patterns that no longer serve us and it can be challenging to learn how to show up differently and make meaningful changes in our lives. I enjoy helping clients learn how to honor their full truth while beginning to create boundaries and use their voice to speak their needs. Therapy should be a place where you feel comfortable to share the purest form of yourself, and my hope is that we will co-create a space where you can feel safe. I love helping clients navigate relationship concerns, access healing, and learn how to be kinder to their bodies.

 

Our political and cultural landscape has made life more challenging for many individuals, particularly those from historically oppressed backgrounds. I believe it is crucial that therapy is a safe place to explore aspects of yourself while also naming the harm you’ve endured by the various systems you have had to navigate. Mental health stigma can prevent those who need therapy from accessing it, and my hope is that clients feel secure to show up and do the healing and introspective work they long to do. To me, good therapy is where all of you is welcome, and the environment affords you space to become more of yourself.

Specializes in:​​​​

  • Relationship Concerns
  • Complex Trauma/CPTSD
  • Sexual Trauma
  • Building Self-Care & Self-Compassion
  • Body Image & Self-Acceptance
  • Perfectionism, Imposter Syndrome, & Burnout
  • Academic Concerns for Adolescents & College-Aged Students
  • Building Mind/Body Awareness
  • Cultural/Identity-Based Trauma
  • Intimate Partner Counseling (Gottman)
  • LGBTQ+ Support

TRAINED IN:

Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Expressive arts Therapy

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My Mission:
Our race, ethnicity, and cultural identity likely influences how we perceive ourselves and the world around us. My mission is to offer all clients culturally relevant services and meet them in their particular journey. Everyone is welcome in therapy. The therapy journey is not linear; and together we can discover many aspects of yourself that can even be new for you. Come as you are, I am looking forward to working with you through this healing path.
My Journey:
While volunteering in my mother’s Sunday school classes, I worked with students who needed accommodations to be successful in the classroom, and this influenced my desire to pursue my master’s degree in school psychology. Through this program I got the opportunity to provide individual and group intervention services as well as evaluative assessments in public and therapeutic settings. My interest in group and individual therapy grew through this time, and I made the decision to pursue my Psy.D. so I would be able to provide a variety of mental health services. My internship at a university counseling center further fueled my passion for providing therapy and influenced my decision to utilize my training and knowledge in mindfulness, DBT, CBT, and the Gottman Method in a private practice setting. I look forward to connecting with, and offering support to, my community.

FAQs

  • What approach do you use in couples counseling?
     I primarily use Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), which views conflict as a signal of disconnection—not a flaw in either partner or the relationship as a whole. We identify the negative cycle and find new, more connecting ways to reach for each other.

 

  • Do you work with LGBTQ+ couples and diverse relationships?
     Absolutely. My work is affirming and inclusive of all gender identities, sexual orientations, and relationship structures (including non-monogamy).

 

  • How can couples therapy help if one partner is unsure about continuing the relationship?
     We slow down, name needs, and clarify options. Whether you’re rebuilding or discerning next steps, therapy can bring honesty, clarity, and support to the process.

Self-Care Rituals:

I enjoy cooking, listening to music, creating art, reading, and spending time with friends, family, and my fourteen-year-old cat Boots. After a day of work, you can usually find me taking a stroll if the weather is nice and then cooking myself a nice dinner while watching Gilmore Girls!

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Last updated 4/30/2026