- Emotionally-Focused Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Attachment issues
About Esther
Esther Guilhot is an AASW-accredited social worker with 20 years of psychotherapy, counselling and social work experience. She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, and life changes. Esther also works with concerns such as addiction, grief, anger and parenting stress. Sessions are in English and based in Australia.
Esther draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people name and work with emotions that are hard to identify. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Attachment-Based approaches when they suit a person’s needs. In practical terms this can mean learning new ways to respond to intense feelings, noticing patterns that cause repeated conflict, and trying small behaviour changes between sessions.
She talks openly about having lived experience of childhood and adult relational trauma, AuDHD and past alcohol issues. That background informs how she listens and how she supports people exploring similar concerns. Esther aims to help people build steadier day-to-day coping and to reduce the impact of overwhelming emotions on work and relationships.
Work often includes short skills practice, checking how changes are tracking, and setting small, achievable goals. Conversations may cover communication problems, attachment and abandonment worries, and handling midlife or career crossroads. Esther describes recovery and improved wellbeing as practical outcomes she helps people move toward.
Sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time and fees vary by location. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session through the site.
How Esther uses EFT, ACT and attachment work online
Esther draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people identify and name difficult emotions and the interaction patterns they create. EFT focuses on how feelings drive the ways people relate and can be useful for reducing repeated conflict or deepening emotional clarity.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to notice unhelpful thinking and to clarify personal values. ACT encourages small, values-based actions even when feelings are uncomfortable. Attachment-Based work looks at how early relationship patterns influence current responses and helps people try new ways of relating and communicating.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Esther will talk about which methods might suit a person’s goals, needs and preferences and make those choices together in early sessions. That collaborative selection helps focus practical steps each week.
The original biography does not specify which session formats are offered online, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into busy days, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and reduce travel time. Many people find that regular remote sessions let them practise skills in everyday life between meetings.
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Experience
20+ years
Listed in
Australia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, addiction, grief, anger and parenting concerns.
Which therapeutic approaches does she use?
Esther uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside ACT, CBT, DBT and Attachment-Based approaches depending on the person and the issue.
How much experience does she have?
She has 20 years of combined psychotherapy, counselling and social work experience in Australia.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
Esther is AASW-accredited and practises in Australia.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Fees vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.