About Esther
Esther Fendall offers person-centred, integrative counselling that adapts to each person's needs. She provides a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk about what feels hard. Esther aims to move at a pace that feels comfortable for the individual and to help them find practical ways forward.
Esther draws on what works from different evidence-based therapeutic techniques to match the situation and the person. She helps people make sense of their thoughts and feelings, set clear goals, and take small steps towards change.
How Esther works
Sessions are straightforward and focused on what will help in everyday life. Her practice supports people facing a wide range of concerns. These include anxiety, stress, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, and issues around self-esteem and body image.
She also helps with relationship worries, parenting strain, career questions and coping with life changes. Esther has 14 years of experience working in varied settings. Her background includes independent practice, a medical practice, a drug addiction service and volunteer work for a UK mental health charity.
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Esther works with people from different backgrounds and accepts international clients. Sessions can be arranged through online and phone formats, as well as live chat and text-based messaging, to fit into busy lives.
Her approach is practical and down to earth. She aims to help people gain more control over difficult feelings, improve everyday coping, and build clearer ways forward that suit their life.
What Esther works with
The areas below are the ones Esther selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Esther brings therapeutic approaches online
Esther works in an integrative way, combining evidence-based techniques to suit each person's needs. For example, she may use structured, skills-based work that focuses on changing unhelpful thinking and building coping strategies. This kind of approach can help with anxiety, stress and low mood by teaching practical tools to manage day-to-day symptoms.She also uses exploratory, relational work to look at patterns in relationships and attachment. That work helps when people are dealing with loss, trauma, relationship dilemmas or struggles with self-worth. These approaches are chosen together so the plan fits the person's goals and preferences.
Finding the right approach is part of the process and is done collaboratively. The therapist and client will discuss what feels most helpful, try methods in session, and adjust the plan over time based on what works. This means the therapeutic style can change as the person's needs evolve.
Online options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful for full face-to-face conversation, phone can suit a shorter check-in or lower bandwidth, and messaging or chat allows flexible, written support between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, family duties and travel, while keeping continuity of care.
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