Change Your Self-Esteem

Dr. Dwan Reed is a certified anxiety (CCATP) and trauma therapist (EMDR), and relationship expert (PhD. in marriage and family therapy and LCSW) with over 19 years of experience. She provides individual, couple, and family therapy. Dwan is also a certified Integrative Mental Health Medicine Provider (CMHIMP), and a yoga, and natural health enthusiast. Many of her clients are seeking alternatives other than prescription medication for anxiety and depression. She is not just EMDR “trained”, but also certified with advanced hours in trauma.

Dwan is CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) trained and a certified facilitator for Prepare/Enrich (marital & premarital). She helps couples successfully work through conflict and achieve the relationship that they both desire. She is a self-esteem coach providing individual and group self-esteem training. Dwan is happily married (30 yrs!) and the mother of 2 young adults.

Dwan is an adjunct for Fordham University Graduate School of Social Work and a Texas LCSW Board approved supervisor. Read more about her practice at dwanreed.com. Youtube channel – https://www.youtube.com/user/dwanreed.

Dwan was raised in a low-income home by a divorced mother. Both of her parents were emotionally and financially unstable. Dwan received lots of support from extended family and friends, but her home life was challenging. Dwan’s mother, who grew up in an abusive home with a mentally ill parent, was under a lot of stress as the custodial parent and sole provider for Dwan and her sister. Dwan was often the recipient of verbal and emotional abuse.

Dwan’s father was a “Disneyland dad” and was absent in the day-to-day childrearing of the children. Dwan was forced to grow up quickly and to help care for her younger sister, while her mother worked two and three jobs. Dwan also began working at a young age. She recognized in her early twenties that she herself had self-esteem issues which made her feel woefully inadequate and hindered her from achieving her goals.

While others seemed to believe in Dwan, she did not believe in herself.

Dwan married in her mid-twenties and for many years marital life contributed to her low self-esteem. She recognized that she had to work on her self-esteem if she wanted to be successful. Dwan began her journey toward growing in self-esteem through personal counseling, religious, and academic study. She began to look at herself in a different, way, seeing her talents, skills, and personality more accurately. Dwan was able to re-wire and re-program her self-esteem.

Through the skills that Dwan learned in therapy, as well as techniques she developed through her own study, Dwan was able to put down the foggy lens of negative self-talk, comparisons to others, unrealistic standards…. And to see herself as a unique, beloved child of God. As a result of her work and the value that she places on the changes that can be made from increasing self-esteem, Dwan has devoted a large part of her practice toward teaching others these skills.