About me
I’m Esther, a qualified integrative counsellor working with adults. My approach is holistic, compassionate, natural and soul-centred; supporting the emotional, physical, and spiritual parts of who you are. Whether you’re feeling burnt out by life’s pressures, wrestling with old wounds, feeling lost, or yearning for a deeper sense of meaning and self-connection, I’m here to walk alongside you at your pace.
Therapy with me is a collaborative journey. My style is intuitive yet grounded; I work flexibly in a person-centred way, but draw from transpersonal and depth psychology, mindfulness, somatic awareness, eco-psychology, parts work, creative expression, and psychospiritual exploration to meet your unique needs. Sometimes we need to explore old difficulties in new ways to find insight. I believe healing and experiencing wholeness can happen when we are truly seen, accepted, recognised and deeply heard without judgement, pressure or performance.
If it supports your process, we may explore somatic awareness, visualisation, mindfulness, books, dreamwork, ritual, imagery, creative practices or symbolic work.
I offer walk and talk therapy, for those who feel drawn to the grounding that nature connection can bring. Nature is beautifully stabilising and non-verbal; a mirror with rhythm and cycles and a reminder of your place in the larger web of life.
I am running a woodland based group, called Wild Self, where mindfulness, fire circles, practical bushcraft skills and re-awakening to nature, each other and ourselves is combined. If this speaks to you, please do get in touch or have a look on my website.
Training, qualifications & experience
My core training is person-centred, psycho-spiritual counselling. Spiritual counselling doesn’t mean religious, although everyone is welcome. It means working with your whole being: body, mind, and soul. It involves honouring and attuning to your intuition, your story and hearing your innate wisdom. It recognises life as deeply interconnected, and healing as a journey of integration, reconnection, and remembering and rediscovering who you are.
At the core of my practice is the belief that each person holds a drive toward wholeness, growth and meaning. I offer a safe, accepting, open and affirming space where all parts of you are welcome: joy, despair, confusion, anger, hope, hopelessness, numbness, peace.. You might talk, cry, laugh, rage, be silent, reflect, or want to create. We will follow what feels true for you and explore ways to express it, which can lead to insights and spaciousness in your inner world.
I previously worked within Mind and the NHS in a Wellbeing Team in GP surgeries. I have an Enhanced DBS, am a Suicide and Mental Health First Aider and I am also a Permaculture Design Certificate graduate.
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£55.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I offer limited number of concessionary slots, please contact me for current availability.
Further information
I offer both in-person and online sessions, as well as phone and walk and talk options depending on what feels most supportive for you. Our first meeting is a free 20-minute phone consultation where you can ask questions, share what brings you to therapy and get a feel for how I work. From there, we can see if we’re the right fit; there’s no pressure to commit. If I am aware of a specialised service or therapist that may be more helpful for you, I will also discuss this with you.
I work from quiet, cosy rooms in Ashley Heath and Bournemouth.
This is your space and your journey. If you feel drawn to take the next step, it would be an honour to walk beside you!
