Esther Pinder

Esther Pinder is a BACP counsellor with eight years' experience working in the United Kingdom. She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression and issues around self-esteem, identity and life purpose. She also supports people dealing with trauma, grief and relationship and parenting concerns.

Esther trained with an Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling and holds a first class honours degree in Psychosocial Studies. In her private practice she has worked with people facing recent life changes and those living with long-term difficulties, including abuse and bereavement. She describes overthinking as a common barrier and aims to break that cycle together with practical steps.

Her sessions use short, plain techniques to reduce anxiety. Examples include simple breathing exercises, grounding through the senses, and using metaphors and images to make feelings easier to describe. She also introduces theories or models when they help someone understand what is happening for them.

Esther is interested in how different parts of the self can hold strengths that feel lost. She helps clients notice recurring patterns of thought or behaviour and consider small experiments to change them. She does not direct decisions; she supports people to use their own experience as the guide.

Work is typically arranged as weekly 50 minute video sessions booked in advance. Clients who wish may share reflections in writing between sessions; messages are read and answered at set times rather than instantly.

How Esther uses established approaches in online sessions

Esther works from evidence-based therapeutic techniques that aim to ease symptoms and increase understanding. One approach she uses is grounding through the senses and breathing exercises. These are short, practical steps that help reduce immediate anxiety and make it easier to think clearly.

She also uses metaphor and imagery to help people describe feelings and experiences that are hard to put into words. Using images can make patterns easier to spot and give new ways to try different responses to old problems.

Finding the right approach is usually a collaborative process. She will discuss different techniques with the client and agree what to try based on needs, goals and personal preference. Over time they review what helps and adapt the work together.

Her work is delivered in weekly 50 minute video sessions that are scheduled in advance. If you want to reflect between sessions you may share writing using the messaging service; messages are read and answered at set times. Confirm the current session options before booking to ensure they fit with day-to-day life, such as fitting sessions around work or saving travel time.