- Years in practice
- 8
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Esther
Esther Pinder is a counsellor with eight years' experience who supports people facing anxiety, low self-worth and major life changes. She holds an Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling and a first class honours degree in Psychosocial Studies. Esther writes plainly and offers a calm, steady presence for clients who are feeling overwhelmed or stuck.
Esther sees how grief, abuse and long-term struggles can make life feel isolating. She believes people carry many different parts of themselves and that reconnecting with those parts reveals strengths that may have been lost.
Background and approach
Her aim is to help people recognise those strengths and start making small, practical changes. Practical techniques feature in her work. Esther uses images and metaphors to describe feelings, introduces helpful models when useful, and teaches simple strategies such as breathing and sensory grounding to ease anxiety.
She offers gentle exploration of background and context to understand persistent patterns of thought and behaviour. Esther prefers to work collaboratively and avoids giving directives. She treats the person as the expert in their life and helps them uncover their own solutions.
As patterns become clearer, clients often find they can make different choices with less struggle. Sessions are usually weekly, 50 minutes long, and take place by video call. Clients who want to can share written reflections between sessions using the messaging service, and Esther responds to messages at set times rather than instantly.
What Esther works with
Everything Esther lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Esther helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
- Blended family issues
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Self-love
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic techniques and how online sessions work
Esther works with evidence-based techniques that are practical and easy to try between sessions. One approach she uses is grounding and sensory-based strategies - simple exercises that help reduce anxiety by focusing on the senses and breathing. These tools are useful for people who feel overwhelmed and need immediate ways to calm their nervous system.She also draws on reflective, integrative methods that use metaphors and imagery to name feelings. This helps people spot unhelpful patterns and connect with parts of themselves that have been neglected. These methods are often helpful for grief, identity questions and long-term difficulties rooted in past experiences.
Choosing the right approach happens together. The therapist will ask about your goals, what feels manageable, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Then clients and the therapist decide what to try first and adjust as needed in ongoing sessions.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let you preserve face-to-face contact without travel, phone sessions can fit into a short break and use less bandwidth, and live chat or text messaging work well for sharing reflections between sessions or when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around work and family commitments.
Questions people ask about Esther
What concerns does Esther support?
She works with stress, anxiety, low self-worth, depression and grief, and supports people facing trauma, eating issues, relationship strain and parenting challenges.
What is her approach in sessions?
Esther blends practical strategies with reflective exploration. She uses metaphors, simple models and grounding exercises to break cycles of overthinking.
How much experience does she have?
She has eight years of counselling experience, working with people experiencing recent losses and long-standing difficulties such as abuse and chronic stress.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.
Can I have sessions in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she use?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions are provided via a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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