Esther Pinder, BACP

Esther Pinder holds an Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling from the Iron Mill College in Exeter and graduated with a first class honours degree in Psychosocial Studies from Goldsmiths College, University of London. She also holds BACP accreditation - membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, a UK professional counselling body.

Esther has observed that anxiety, depression, low self-worth and loss or confusion about identity are common experiences that can feel isolating and frightening. Her approach invites clients to reconnect with the different parts of themselves so they can re-discover inner resources and strengths that may have been lost over time. By exploring multiple aspects of experience, she supports people to step more fully into themselves and to develop greater self-care and self-acceptance.

In private practice she has worked with people facing recent life changes and loss, as well as those living with long-term, often hidden challenges including abuse and grief. To help break cycles of overthinking she draws on a variety of practical techniques such as using metaphors and imagery to describe feelings, introducing helpful theories or models to clarify experience, practising breathing and sensory strategies to ease anxiety, and gently exploring the background and context that shape patterns of thought and behaviour.

As client and practitioner work together, unhelpful patterns often shift as understanding and acceptance grow. Esther frames clients as the experts on their own lives and focuses on helping them discover their own answers. Her practice has typically involved weekly 50 minute video sessions scheduled in advance, and clients may reflect or prepare by sharing writing through a messaging service. She reads messages and responds at set times only, so messaging is not suitable for on-the-spot or crisis support.