- Years in practice
- 6
- Languages
- English, Turkish
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Grief
About Esra
Esra Kuscu is a counsellor and psychotherapist with six years of practice. She draws on a range of therapeutic approaches and meets people where they are. Esra speaks English and Turkish and offers sessions to clients in the United Kingdom and internationally.
Esra keeps sessions straightforward and focused. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief and depression. She also supports people dealing with trauma, sleep or eating difficulties, anger, low self-esteem and parenting concerns.
Background and approach
Practical strategies and gentle exploration are blended in sessions. Her style balances a client-centred attitude with evidence-informed techniques. Esra uses cognitive behavioural strategies to spot unhelpful thinking patterns.
She also works with acceptance-based approaches to help people live by their values. Some trauma work may include eye movement approaches where appropriate. Esra has professional recognition with BACP and NCPS.
She has worked in mental health settings and GP practices, so she is familiar with a range of everyday problems and service pathways. Her background informs a pragmatic approach to goal setting and progress reviews. Sessions can include agreed exercises between meetings to build coping skills.
The focus is on small, achievable changes that fit each person’s life. Esra aims to help clients find steadier ways to manage relationships, career strain, compassion fatigue and parenting pressures.
What Esra works with
Everything Esra lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Esra helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Esra lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Esra’s approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps towards those values. It mixes practical exercises with mindfulness-style noticing to reduce getting stuck in unhelpful thoughts. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and changing patterns in thought and behaviour. It is useful for anxiety, depression and everyday stress by teaching specific skills and experiments to try between sessions. Eye movement approaches are sometimes used for trauma work to reduce the intensity of distressing memories and make them easier to manage in daily life.Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences, then try methods that fit the person. Sessions may combine techniques and are reviewed regularly so the plan can change as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let you work face to face when a visual connection helps. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a short break at work. Live chat or text messaging supports quick check-ins, written reflections or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life while still using ACT, CBT and trauma-focused work effectively.
Questions people ask about Esra
What concerns can Esra help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, grief, depression and trauma. Other areas include sleep and eating problems, anger, self-esteem and parenting-related worries.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Esra blends a client-centred approach with practical techniques. Sessions are conversational and aim for clear, achievable steps.
What is her professional background?
She has six years of experience and has worked in NHS GP settings and mental health services. That background shapes a practical, goal-oriented approach.
What credentials and location are listed?
Her listed credentials are BACP and NCPS. She practises from the United Kingdom and accepts clients internationally.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Turkish.
What session formats are offered?
Esra offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How do costs and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin sessions?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. You can then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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