About Esther
Esther Pinder is a counsellor with eight years' experience working in independent practice across the United Kingdom. She holds an Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling from the Iron Mill College in Exeter and a first class honours degree in Psychosocial Studies from Goldsmiths College, University of London.
Esther offers weekly 50 minute video sessions and uses messaging between sessions for reflection and preparation. Esther notices many people come with anxiety, depression or low self-worth.
How Esther works
She also supports those carrying loss, past abuse, or difficult life transitions. Her aim is to help clients reconnect with parts of themselves that feel lost and to build self-value gradually. Her style blends practical exercises with reflective conversation.
She uses metaphors and imagery to make feelings easier to name. She may introduce simple models to explain patterns and offer breathing and sensory strategies to reduce anxiety. In sessions she gently explores background and context to uncover recurring patterns of thought or behaviour.
Esther believes change follows from growing understanding and self-acceptance rather than being told what to do. She sees clients as experts on their own lives and helps them find their own solutions. When messaging between sessions, clients can share reflections or prepare material to discuss.
Esther reads messages and responds at set times, so messages are for ongoing dialogue rather than immediate crisis support. She works with a range of concerns including stress, trauma and abuse, relationships, parenting pressures, grief, eating issues, identity and LGBT matters, as well as life-stage challenges such as midlife or young adult transitions.
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.
Also listed
- Blended family issues
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Practical approaches for online counselling
Esther draws on integrative methods that combine reflective work with practical strategies. One commonly used approach involves naming and describing feelings through metaphors and images to make emotional experiences easier to talk about and understand. This can help when someone feels overwhelmed by anxiety or low mood.She also uses short breathing and sensory exercises to reduce immediate anxiety symptoms and help people feel more present. These techniques are useful for moments of high stress and can be practised outside sessions to manage day-to-day triggers.
Choosing the right way of working is a collaborative process. Esther works with each person to decide which combination of reflection, gentle exploration of background, and practical exercises suits their goals and preferences. The approach may shift as work progresses.
Online formats offer practical benefits for many people. Weekly 50 minute video calls allow a regular therapeutic rhythm similar to face-to-face sessions. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to share short reflections between sessions and to prepare material for discussion. Together these options provide flexibility to fit therapy around busy lives.
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