About Esther
Esther Nwagbara is an AASW counsellor based in Australia with six years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression and addiction while building stronger self-esteem and emotional resilience. Esther aims to make therapy straightforward and approachable so busy parents and carers can find practical ways forward.
Esther uses a mix of well-established approaches to suit each person. She helps clients notice unhelpful thinking, learn new coping skills and practice mindfulness to steady strong emotions.
How Esther works
Sessions often include simple exercises, behavioural experiments and breathing or grounding techniques that people can use between meetings. People come to Esther for relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting strain, grief and coping with life changes. She also works with concerns such as abandonment, attachment difficulties, body image, caregiver stress, control issues, domestic violence, and substance misuse.
Discussions move at the client’s pace and focus on what feels most useful in daily life. Esther brings a practical, collaborative style to sessions. She listens, asks clear questions and offers tools you can try straight away.
Progress is measured by what changes feel meaningful to the person, not by jargon or tests. If someone wants to begin, the process is simple: choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to availability. Sessions are available in English via a variety of online formats.
Esther lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
Training and background
| Register | AASW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Australia |
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Online support options
How Esther's approaches work online
Esther commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online work. ACT helps people clarify what matters to them and practise small, values-based actions even when feelings are difficult. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviours to reduce anxiety, improve mood and change patterns that cause distress.She also draws on attachment-based ideas to understand relationship patterns and improve emotional connection. That approach looks at how early relationships shape current responses and supports learning new ways to relate and feel safer in close connections. Choosing the right approach is collaborative - the therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, then adapt methods over time as needs change.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different routines. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, journalling between sessions or people who prefer writing. These options make counselling more flexible for work breaks, caregiving schedules and those who cannot travel easily.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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