Gina Zyla

Gina Zyla is a counsellor with a Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling and a BACP Certificate of Proficiency. She has 14 years of professional practice and focuses on helping people work through anxiety, depression, grief, anger and trauma. Gina aims to offer a calm, respectful space where people can begin to feel more in control of their emotions.

Gina draws on several established ways of working to meet each person’s needs. She uses client-centred listening so people feel heard, and she brings in cognitive behavioural strategies to help manage unhelpful thinking patterns. Her experience with trauma means she moves at a client’s pace when revisiting difficult memories.

Sessions are collaborative and practical. Gina helps clients spot patterns, try small changes and build coping strategies for stress, sleeping or eating problems. She also supports people navigating relationship and intimacy-related concerns, work stress, career questions and the fallout from loss or major life changes.

Gina pays attention to how earlier experiences shape current behaviour, including attachment and abandonment issues. She also works with people affected by chronic illness, caregiving strain, addiction, and body image concerns. Her approach blends practical tools with reflective work to help people develop resilience and self-compassion.

Gina keeps her professional skills up to date and adapts her methods to each person. If someone wants to start, they are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and book a session according to the counsellor's scheduling process.

Approaches that guide online counselling

Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and meeting each person where they are. It supports emotional expression and helps people feel accepted while they decide what changes to make. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behaviour to help reduce anxiety, low mood and stress through practical exercises.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will talk with the person about their needs, goals and preferences and then try things collaboratively. Plans can be adjusted if an approach does not feel like a good fit.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm available options before booking. Online work often helps people fit therapy around busy lives, for example by avoiding travel, making it easier to attend shorter check-ins, or allowing sessions from a different location. Many people also find that working remotely makes it easier to keep regular appointments alongside work, caregiving or treatment commitments.