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Dr Esther Cole

Dr Esther Cole

15+ years of experience

Dr Esther Cole is an award-winning Consultant Clinical Psychologist with over 15 years of experience. She works with clients across the lifespan and provides expert therapy for a wide range of psychological concerns, including anxiety, panic, OCD, depression, trauma, sleep difficulties, and long-term health conditions.

 

Esther has received significant recognition for her work. She was the first Black Clinical Psychologist to win the British Psychological Society’s Early Career Award in 2020, and she has twice been named Specialist Therapy Provider of the Year at the Prestige Awards (2022 and 2024). These achievements reflect her expertise, dedication, and passion for advancing accessible psychological support.

 

Her academic and professional background includes a degree in Experimental Psychology from Oxford University, a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, and postgraduate training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). She has also developed expertise across a broad range of approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Behavioural Activation, Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET), Solution-Focused Therapy, Systemic Therapy, Reminiscence and Life Story Work, and Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. This breadth allows her to offer highly flexible, evidence-based, and integrative therapy.

 

As a third-generation British Jamaican psychologist and mother of three, Esther brings warmth, inclusivity, and lived understanding to her work. She has a particular passion for men’s mental health and for supporting people living with the challenges of physical or neurological conditions alongside psychological difficulties. Clients describe her as compassionate and collaborative, with a style that balances depth of understanding with practical strategies for change.

 

If you would like to work with Esther, please get in touch.

Therapy Types I Am Expert In

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

  • Behavioural Activation

  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

  • Exposure and Response Prevention

  • Life-Story work

  • Mindfulness based Cognitive Therapy

  • Motivational Interviewing

  • Narrative Exposure Therapy

  • Narrative Therapy

  • Neuropsychology/Neuro-rehabilitation

  • Reminiscence Therapy

  • Solution Focused Therapy

  • Systemic Therapy

What I can help you with

  • Agoraphobia

  • Anxiety

  • ADHD

  • Binge Eating

  • Bipolar

  • Body Dysmorphia

  • Depression

  • Dissociative disorders

  • Generalised Anxiety

  • Grief and Bereavement

  • Health Anxiety

  • Neurodiversity

  • OCD and BDD

  • Panic

  • Phobias

  • Post-natal depression

  • PTSD and Trauma

  • Sleep problems and Insomnia

  • Social Anxiety

  • Stress and Burnout

Accreditations

  • Health and Care Professionals Councill

  • British Psychological Society

Contact us

Hampstead Psychology is a primary care service. If you currently have, or have previously been diagnosed with, psychosis, bipolar disorder, anorexia, conduct disorder, or if you are experiencing active suicidal thoughts, we are not the right service for these difficulties. Please contact your GP or call 111 for appropriate support.

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Modern Living Room

Let's Talk

You can call 020 3488 2438 to discuss your needs with one of our clinical team.

 

Or use the 'contact us' form and our triage team will be in touch with you about next steps, whether that is to have an initial chat with a psychologist or booking in for an appointment at one of our clinics or online.
 

Office hours are 09:00 - 17:00 Monday to Friday.​ We have evening and weekend appointments available.​

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