ADOLESCENTS & TEENS | YOUNG ADULTS | ADULTS
Therapy for Low Self-Esteem & Confidence
Some days our inner critic is loud. In our work with individuals, couples, and families, it’s met softly so your self-trust and confidence can grow.
Self-worth can be rebuilt, softly and steadily.
PRACTICE HELPS EASE THE INNER CRITIC AND NURTURE TRUST IN YOURSELF.
Over time, a kinder inner voice makes more room for confidence.
Low self-esteem can look like harsh self-talk, constant comparison, or second-guessing even simple choices. For some, it shows up as people-pleasing, perfectionism, or pulling back from opportunities and relationships. These patterns often began as protection, yet they can leave life feeling smaller and less true to what matters.
In our work, the pace is calm and consent-led. We map strengths and values, then practice kinder inner dialogue, realistic goal-setting, and boundaries that honor care. Integrative support may include EMDR for negative core beliefs, somatic grounding to settle the body, and compassion-focused skills that build small wins and self-trust. Over time, confidence feels more authentic and durable. Care is available in Redondo Beach and online across California.
HELP WITH SELF-WORTH, SHAME, INNER CRITIC
Low Self-Esteem & Confidence Therapy That Meets You Where You Are
How we help. Care at Catherine Alvarado, LMFT & Associates is strengths-based and consent-led. Sessions move at a calm pace to notice what the inner critic is saying, where it began, and what still needs protection. With gentle practice—compassion-focused skills, values-guided goals, and real-life experiments—confidence becomes something steady rather than forced. Integrative support may include EMDR for negative core beliefs, somatic grounding for overwhelm, and mindful self-talk that honors both tenderness and growth.
Accessible, steady support. Accessible, steady support. Services are available in Redondo Beach and online across California for individuals, couples, and families. Flexible formats offer relief from harsh self-judgment while building durable habits of self-respect, clear boundaries, and authentic confidence that carry into home, school, work, and community life.
What might be addressed together:
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Practice noticing the critic without fusing with it, then grow a kinder inner voice that supports steadier self-worth.
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Shift from over-accommodating or over-performing toward clear, respectful limits that honor needs and values.
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Meet shame with compassion, soften comparison, and build a more accurate, caring view of self.
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Name what matters most, recognize existing strengths, and set small, doable steps that create genuine confidence.
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Individual Therapy
Through individual therapy, adults and teens gain tools to manage anxiety, heal from trauma, and build resilience.
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Couples Therapy
Couples therapy offers a supportive space to deepen understanding, work through struggles, and strengthen emotional connection.
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Family Therapy
At Catherine Alvarado, LMFT & Associates, family therapy in Redondo Beach helps families create balance, build trust, and nurture resilience together.
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Standard EMDR Therapy
Standard EMDR therapy offers a 50-minute session for ongoing treatment or as adjunct support to existing therapy.
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Intensive EMDR Therapy
A 2-hour EMDR therapy session designed to provide more time for reprocessing, available for ongoing treatment or adjunct support.
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Adjunct EMDR Therapy
Try EMDR therapy in either standard 50-minute or intensive 2-hour formats, available as adjunct support when needed.
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EMDR Consultation for Clinicians
EMDR consultation for clinicians provides guidance, support, and resources to strengthen skills and confidence in EMDR practice.
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Adolescent & Teen Therapy
Therapy for adolescents and teens provides support for managing stress, building confidence, and navigating school, family, and relationships.
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Young Adult Therapy
Young adult therapy provides a safe space to explore identity, build confidence, and navigate relationships, career stress, and life changes.
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Adult Therapy
Adult therapy offers support for managing anxiety, grief, relationship stress, and life transitions with greater clarity and resilience.
Get matched to the right therapist for you.
You will get the most out of therapy if you’re working with the therapist who is the right fit for you, and we’re committed to helping you find that person.
Reach out to share more about your needs and goals, and we’ll match you with the therapist who has the background, training, & approach that will be best suited for you.
Catherine alvarado, lmft & associates
Therapy in Redondo Beach for Low Self-Esteem & Confidence
Our team offers therapy for low self-esteem and confidence in Redondo Beach and the South Bay, welcoming clients from Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, Torrance, Palos Verdes, and El Segundo. Support is available for harsh self-talk, constant comparison, people-pleasing, perfectionism, or pulling back from opportunities and relationships. Drawing on EMDR to ease negative core beliefs, somatic practices to settle the body, mindfulness for clarity, and compassion-focused skills, care centers on a kinder inner voice, self-respect, and confidence that feels authentic. Sessions are available online across California or in person at our Redondo Beach office.
Rebuilding confidence is a process, and steady support makes a difference. At Catherine Alvarado, LMFT & Associates, therapy moves at a comfortable pace while honoring each person’s goals. Many find benefit in practicing kinder self-talk, values-guided boundaries, and small wins that build self-trust. Whether softening shame, easing comparison, or strengthening confidence at school, work, or in relationships, our South Bay therapists offer a grounded space to notice strengths, restore warmth toward self, and cultivate more ease in daily life.
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