About Esther
Esther Pinder trained in integrative counselling and combines that background with a first class degree in Psychosocial Studies from Goldsmiths College, University of London. She has eight years' experience working in independent practice in the United Kingdom. Esther works with people facing anxiety alongside related concerns such as depression, low self-worth and life changes.
Her approach is conversational and down-to-earth. She helps people connect with different parts of themselves to find strengths that may have been lost.
Background and approach
Esther avoids simply giving instructions and instead supports clients to discover what works for them. She often uses simple, practical techniques to interrupt overthinking. These include grounding and breathing exercises, sensory approaches, and describing feelings using images or metaphors.
She sometimes introduces theories or models to help make sense of current patterns. Esther also offers gentle exploration of life history and context when that helps explain patterns of thought or behaviour. That background work aims to increase self-understanding and self-acceptance, which can shift unhelpful patterns over time.
Sessions are 50 minutes and normally take place weekly by video. Clients who want to share reflections between sessions can use messaging, with the understanding that responses are given at set times and messaging is not for crisis support.
Therapeutic approaches for online anxiety care
Esther draws on integrative and evidence-based techniques that suit different people. One common strand is practical anxiety management - simple exercises such as breathing, grounding and sensory strategies that reduce intense physical symptoms and help with overthinking. These are quick to try in-session and easy to practise between meetings.She also uses reflective, integrative work that looks at how past experiences and current patterns connect. This involves gentle exploration of life context and the use of metaphors or models to make feelings easier to name. That approach can help when anxiety links with low self-worth, grief or long-term difficulties.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapy. Esther works collaboratively to choose which techniques to try, adjusting them to a person's needs, goals and pace. Together the therapist and client review what helps and change course if something does not fit.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and practical exercises. Phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option or useful when camera time is not wanted. Messaging and live chat are helpful for shorter reflections, keeping notes between weekly meetings, or checking in without scheduling a full call. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work and family life.
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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
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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