Esther Guilhot, AASW

Esther Guilhot is an AASW social worker with 20 years of psychotherapy, counselling and social work experience. She supports people facing stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties and major life changes. Esther speaks plainly and aims to make sessions feel down-to-earth and practical from the first meeting.

Her approach draws on acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive behavioural ideas and attachment-based work. She helps people notice unhelpful patterns, name emotions and try small experiments that can ease day-to-day strain. Sessions often focus on clearer communication and practical coping skills rather than jargon.

Esther draws on personal lived experience of relational trauma, AuDHD, alcohol issues and burnout. That background informs a non-judgemental style and a focus on real-world recovery. She aims to help people move from surviving to making deliberate choices about their life.

People come to her for a wide range of concerns, including grief, parenting stress, anger and issues around intimacy. Midlife crisis and career questions are also part of her practice, with attention to values and life purpose. She supports people wondering how to change course or manage unexpected transitions.

Work with Esther is collaborative and paced to each person. She offers coaching-style practical steps alongside deeper emotional work. The aim is clearer thinking, steadier emotion and better everyday functioning.

How Esther's approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice what matters to them and take small actions toward those values. Online sessions can be used to clarify values, practice acceptance skills and set achievable steps for change. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and how earlier bonds shape current feelings and reactions. This approach helps people work through relationship hurt and build more reliable ways of connecting. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy breaks down thoughts, feelings and behaviours to find patterns that keep problems going and to try different actions that change outcomes.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Esther will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and together decide which methods to try. That collaborative process helps steer sessions toward what feels most useful for everyday life and for issues such as anxiety, relationship problems or midlife transition.

The biography does not specify available online session formats, so please confirm current session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow check-ins between work or family commitments. It can also allow for shorter check-ins or phone-style conversations when video is not practical. Appropriately qualified therapists can adapt exercises, homework and communication to suit remote sessions and life demands.