Esther Pinder
Practical counselling for anxiety and life changes
About Esther
Esther Pinder is a counsellor with eight years of practice supporting people through anxiety, depression and life changes. She holds a first class honours degree in Psychosocial Studies from Goldsmiths College, University of London and an Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling from the Iron Mill College in Exeter.
Esther works from a person-centred stance and helps people notice and use their own strengths. She often meets people who feel lost, stuck or overwhelmed by grief, abuse, relationship breakdown or parenting pressures.
Background and approach
Esther believes different parts of our identity hold useful information, and she helps people reconnect with those parts. That can make everyday decisions and feelings feel clearer. Sessions are mainly weekly 50 minute video calls booked in advance.
Esther also uses the platform messaging service for written reflections and brief notes between sessions, with replies provided at set times. She does not offer on-the-spot crisis responses through messages. In practical work she uses imagery, metaphors and simple grounding exercises.
Esther may describe short models or theories to help explain patterns and suggest breathing or sense-based techniques to ease anxiety. She prefers a collaborative style and avoids giving instructions or fixed answers. Over time Esther supports people to notice recurring patterns of thought and behaviour and to test small changes.
Her approach aims to help people develop more self-care, reduce overthinking and find ways to manage control issues, shame, isolation and other concerns. She practises in the United Kingdom and holds BACP registration as shown in her credentials.
What Esther works with
Sessions & fees
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Esther uses practical, evidence-based techniques in her online work. She often draws on imagery and metaphor to help people put feelings into words and make sense of difficult experiences. This approach can be helpful for anxiety, trauma and feelings of emptiness because it creates a new language for upsetting thoughts.She also focuses on grounding and breathing exercises that are simple to learn and use during moments of high arousal. These techniques aim to reduce immediate anxiety and give people tools they can practise between sessions. Together these approaches help with low mood, control issues and intrusive thinking.
Finding the right method is a shared task. Esther will talk with each person about what feels useful and adapt techniques to fit personal goals and daily life. She treats the choice of approach as collaborative and adjusts what she offers as understanding grows.
Online work offers practical flexibility. Video calls let the conversation mirror an in-person session, phone can be used when bandwidth is low, and live chat or text messaging are useful for brief reflections or when writing helps process thoughts. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, parenting and other commitments while keeping continuity between sessions.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| 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
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
- Experience
- 8 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
