Estar Wells , BACP, NCPS

Estar Wells is a counsellor who draws on attachment-based, client-centred and cognitive behavioural ideas to help people work through emotional strain. She uses straightforward, practical language and focuses on what a person wants to change. Estar presents as calm and patient and aims to create a space where people can talk without feeling judged.

Estar has seven years of experience supporting people facing stress, anxiety and depression. She also helps with relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, trauma and abuse, and struggles with self-esteem. Additional areas she addresses include body image, addiction-related concerns, parenting strain and career stress.

Her background includes membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and the National Counselling Society, NCPS. Estar practises in the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English, including to international clients when appropriate. She combines different approaches so the work matches each person’s goals.

In sessions she aims to listen carefully and give clear feedback rather than simple advice. When people prefer defined steps, Estar can use more structured strategies from cognitive behavioural work to set short-term goals and practical tasks. For deeper patterns she draws on attachment ideas to look at relationship histories that affect current life.

Estar supports people dealing with life transitions such as divorce, ageing concerns, caregiver stress and bereavement. She also addresses communication problems, commitment or control issues, and eating and sleep difficulties. Her way of working is collaborative and tailored to the person’s needs.

Therapeutic approaches and online options

Estar draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships shape current feelings and patterns. This approach helps people who struggle with intimacy, abandonment concerns or repeated relationship problems to see where old patterns begin and how to change them.

She also uses client-centred methods which put the person’s experience at the heart of sessions. This means the counsellor listens without judgement, reflects what she hears and helps people find their own answers rather than directing them.

Cognitive behavioural techniques are used for practical, goal-focused work. These methods break problems into manageable steps, test unhelpful thoughts and build new habits that reduce anxiety, improve mood and support sleep and eating changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Estar will discuss goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before, and together they will choose or combine methods that fit the person’s needs. The process is collaborative and can change as progress is made.

Online sessions give practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation; phone sessions suit lower bandwidth or when being on camera is difficult. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, routine planning or when shorter, more frequent touchpoints help maintain momentum. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving and other commitments.