Esther Fendall
Practical integrative therapy for life’s hard moments
About Esther
Esther Fendall offers an integrative, evidence-based approach to therapy that adapts to each person’s needs. She uses a range of therapeutic techniques and works at a pace that feels comfortable for the client. Esther is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and brings 14 years of experience to her practice.
She helps people who are coping with anxiety, depression and stress. She also supports those facing relationship troubles, grief, parenting challenges and issues around addiction.
Background and approach
Other areas she addresses include self-esteem, body image, eating concerns, trauma and compassion fatigue. Esther applies practical methods to help clients make sense of what they are feeling. Sessions focus on clear goals and small, realistic steps towards them.
The work aims to build stronger coping skills and a better understanding of personal patterns. Her background includes work in independent practice, a medical practice and a drug addiction service, as well as volunteer roles with a UK mental health charity. That mix of settings informs a flexible, down-to-earth style.
Esther draws on her own positive experience of therapy to guide her practice. She now lives by the coast in the United Kingdom after many years abroad. Sessions are conducted in English and are tailored to the individual’s situation.
What Esther works with
Sessions & fees
Integrative approaches and online therapy
Esther draws on integrative, evidence-based therapeutic techniques that combine different methods to suit each person. One common strand focuses on helping people understand their emotions and patterns through reflective talking and practical exercises, which can help with anxiety, depression and relationship problems. Another strand uses structured problem-solving and goal-setting to tackle stresses such as addiction, coping with life changes or caregiving pressures.Finding the right mix is part of the work. Esther will discuss options with each client and choose techniques together based on needs, goals and preferences. That collaborative process helps match the approach to what feels most useful and realistic for day-to-day life.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation when that is helpful. Phone sessions can fit short check-ins or times when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging can suit quick reflections, regular check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments while maintaining continuity of care with registered or accredited professionals.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- 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 counselling
- 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
- Experience
- 14 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
