About Dr. Esther Cole
I am HCPC registered, BPS accredited and a professionally insured Clinical Psychologist working in the NHS and private practice. I have worked in multi-disciplinary teams with clients with a range of mental and physical health, neurological conditions, challenging behaviour and cognitive problems, with very positive results since 2008 (qualifying as a Clinical Psychologist in 2013).
I tailor make all therapies to the person, child, young person or organisation’s needs and draw on the best available evidence. This could mean offering a combination of different therapies such as CBT, systemic and narrative approaches or integrating several therapeutic methods until we feel we are making progress.
About Dr. Esther Cole
I am HCPC registered, BPS accredited and a professionally insured Clinical Psychologist working in the NHS and private practice. I have worked in multi-disciplinary teams with clients with a range of mental and physical health, neurological conditions, challenging behaviour and cognitive problems, with very positive results since 2008 (qualifying as a Clinical Psychologist in 2013).
I tailor make all therapies to the person, child, young person or organisation’s needs and draw on the best available evidence. This could mean offering a combination of different therapies such as CBT, systemic and narrative approaches or integrating several therapeutic methods until we feel we are making progress.
"Act as if what you do makes a difference.
It does”
"Act as if what you do makes a difference.
It does”
“Hope has proven a powerful predictor of outcome in every study we’ve done so far.”
Charles R. Snyder
Blog posts and articles
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Publications by Dr. Esther Cole
Books
Jim, J. & Cole, E. (Eds.) (2019). Psychological Therapy for Paediatric Acquired Brain Injury: Innovations for Children, Young People & Families. London: Routledge.
Book Chapters
Cole, E. (2019). Adapted Narrative Approaches for Behaviour that Challenges Post-Injury. In: Jim, J. & Cole, E. (Eds.) (2019) Psychological Therapy for Paediatric Acquired Brain Injury: Innovations for Children, Young People & Families. London: Routledge.
Cole, E. (2019). Preface to Jim, J. & Cole, E. (Eds.) (2019) Psychological Therapy for Paediatric Acquired Brain Injury: Innovations for Children, Young People & Families. London: Routledge.
Jim, J. & Liddiard, H. & Cole, E. (2019). Our children do deserve better. In: Psychological Therapy for Paediatric Acquired Brain Injury: Innovations for Children, Young People & Families. London: Routledge.
Permission was given for the following chapter in Jim & Cole (2019) to be used in Meredith, K. and Yeates, G (Eds.) (2019) Psychotherapy and Aphasia: Interventions for Emotional Wellbeing and Relationships:
Perkins, A. (2019). Structured narrative therapy for children with severe acquired brain injury. In Jim, J. & Cole, E. (Eds.) Psychological therapy for paediatric acquired brain injury: Innovations for children, young people and families. London: Routledge.
Magazine articles
Clarke, E. R. (2006) 'What do children with learning disabilities in Barbados know about HIV/AIDS and abuse?' Publication of the Barbados Family Planning Association, Dec. 2006, pp. 24-26 & 35.
Cole, E. & Blake, N. (2015). ‘The outsider looking in’: Trainee reflections on working within teams. Clinical Psychology Forum, 272, 6-9.
Vigon, S. & Cole, E.R. (2020). 'My dark days make me strong. Or maybe I was already strong, and they make me prove it.' City Solicitor Magazine (https://www.citysolicitors.org/news/city-solicitor).
Research articles
Cole, E. & Strauss, C., McCarthy-Jones, S. & Fife-Schaw, C. (2017). Echoes of others: A path analytic examination of an interpersonal-cognitive model of voice-related distress. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 90(4), 617-632.
Conference abstracts
Cole, E.R. (2019). Collaboration and Integrative Therapy: A Personal and Professional Journey [Abstract]. In: The Division of Clinical Psychology Annual Conference 2020: British Psychological Society; 2020 Jan 22-23; Birmingham, UK.
Cole, E. & Walker, N. A. Literature review of the evidence for psychological interventions for older people, with mental health problems and dementia, on acute psychiatric inpatient units. Poster presented at: the 1st BPS FPOP Conference of Psychological Best Practice in Inpatient Wards; 8th Oct 2015. Manchester, England.
Research
Pistrang, N., Jay, Z., Gessler, S., & Barker, C. (2011). Telephone peer support for women with gynaecological cancer: Recipients’ perspectives. Psycho-Oncology, 21(10), 1082-90.
Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health (RCPCH, 2008). The physical signs of child sexual abuse: An evidence-based review and guidance for best practice. London: RCPCH.