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Specialty · Self-Worth & Self-Esteem

# The relationship you have with yourself. 

Is the one all your other relationships are built on.

What happened to you

[Relational injuries you didn't know to name](/specialties/childhood-wounds-adult-relationships) — small, chronic, often invisible to the adults around you.

Words said in anger that landed as identity statements about who you are at your core.

Conditional love, where being loved required performing a version of yourself that wasn't quite you.

Stories you absorbed about your worth — from family, culture, religion, school — before you had the language to push back.

How it shows up now

You can't tell, in any given moment, whether the inner voice is yours.

You take in disagreement as evidence of being fundamentally wrong.

You preempt rejection by becoming what you think will keep you safe.

You doubt your perception of nearly every interaction, even the ones that went well.

"We don't just repair self-worth. We trace its origins, name what fractured it, and rebuild from material that's actually yours."

What we work on

### Identifying the inner critic.

Hearing the voice clearly enough to know it's not you — and to stop confusing its volume with truth.

### Tracing the voices you've internalized.

Whose tone is that, actually? Whose standard? Whose disappointment have you been carrying as your own?

### Reclaiming your own opinion of yourself.

Building the muscle of self-perception that isn't filtered through anyone else's gaze.

### Building self-trust.

Keeping small promises to yourself until the body starts believing that you're someone who shows up.

### Existing as you, in your own life.

Not performing a version. Not preempting criticism. Just being the actual person, in the actual day.

![Hands holding a small mirror in warm afternoon light](/topic-self-worth.jpg)

$175 per 50-min session · Sliding scale available· Bilingual EN/ES

Questions

## Common questions. 

### Is low self-worth the same as depression?

### Why does this keep coming back even when I 'know better'?

### Can this work happen without revisiting childhood?

Self-Worth

## Beginning the work starts  with a conversation.

Free 15-minute consultation. No pressure to commit, on the call or after.

[Schedule a Consultation](/contact?specialty=self-worth-self-esteem)

Related specialties

## Other places this work connects. 

[

Betrayal Trauma

When trust is broken.

Explore → ](/specialties/betrayal-trauma)[

Grief & Loss

Grief takes many shapes.

Explore → ](/specialties/grief-and-loss)[

Anxiety

When your mind won't slow down.

Explore → ](/specialties/anxiety-therapy)

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Licensed States

-   New York
-   Utah
-   Virginia
-   Pennsylvania
-   Massachusetts

Contact

-   [florvillagran@gmail.com](mailto:florvillagran@gmail.com)
-   [(646) 543-6182](tel:+16465436182)

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