Insurance
Estella currently accepts Cigna, and Aetna commercial insurance plans and will start taking BCBS on 10/11/26.
Certifications/Specialties
Estella is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida and Indiana with over 13 years of experience in the mental health field. She specializes in trauma and PTSD, anxiety, neurodivergence, identity and self-esteem, and faith integration. She is particularly passionate about working with BIPOC and other marginalized and underserved communities.
About Estella
Estella truly believes that being a counselor is what she has been called to do. What she cherishes most about her role is the privilege of witnessing her clients' resilience and transformation firsthand as they better understand themselves, heal from painful experiences, and grow in ways they may not have once thought possible.
Estella's first priority is creating an environment where clients feel safe enough to share the hard things without fear of judgment. She brings warmth, curiosity, and compassion into the counseling room and is willing to sit with clients in the complicated and sometimes messy parts of their stories. Her hope is that clients leave therapy not only feeling better, but understanding themselves better, with greater compassion for who they have been and greater freedom to choose who they want to become.
Estella is especially passionate about the intersection of trauma, identity, faith, culture, and neurodivergence and about combating mental health stigma within marginalized and underserved communities.
For fun Estella enjoys spending time with her husband, singing, traveling, fashion, trying new restaurants, and finding creative outlets whenever she can.
Education
Bachelor of Arts in Film, Television, and Theater from the University of Notre Dame
Master of Science in Christian Counseling from Cairn University
Cairn University's Professional Counselor Licensure Program
Approach
Estella approaches therapy as a collaborative journey. She describes the client as the captain of the ship and herself as the guide: her role is not to decide where clients should go, but to help them better understand where they are, recognize what may be getting in their way, and develop the tools needed to move toward where they want to be.
Her approach is integrative, relational, and trauma-informed, with attachment and trauma serving as two of the primary lenses through which she understands her clients and their experiences. She is interested not only in what a client is experiencing now, but also in how past experiences, relationships, and adaptations may have shaped current patterns.
Because mental health care is not a one-size-fits-all solution, Estella draws from attachment-based approaches, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), mindfulness, somatic approaches, and other trauma-informed interventions based on each client's individual needs.
Estella also welcomes the integration of Christian faith for clients who desire it. She believes faith and psychology can work together in the healing process and creates room for clients to explore their faith honestly, including the questions, doubts, and struggles that may arise along the way.