Gina Zyla , BACP

Gina Zyla is a counsellor with a Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling and 14 years of professional experience. She works from a person-centred stance and aims to create a calm, non-judgemental space for people to talk about difficult feelings. Gina supports people through anxiety, depression, loss and the effects of trauma. She also helps with relationship and intimacy concerns and issues connected to identity and self-worth.

Her approach is practical and rooted in listening. Sessions focus on what matters most to the person in front of her. Gina draws on client-centred therapy to follow the client’s priorities and on cognitive behavioural therapy to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try new ways of responding.

She also uses psychodynamic ideas to notice patterns from earlier life that still affect day-to-day choices. For people who have been harmed or frightened, trauma-focused methods guide a careful, paced way of working through memories and reactions. Gina adapts these methods to each person’s pace, including art-based work and inner-child exercises when useful.

Gina is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - BACP. She works with a wide range of concerns that include grief, stress, eating and sleeping problems, caregiver strain, chronic illness, and compassion fatigue. Sessions are offered in English and she accepts clients based in the United Kingdom and internationally.

Practical arrangements use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. To start, people complete a short matching questionnaire and book sessions that fit their schedule. Gina aims to build trust so people feel able to try new strategies and notice steady change.

How Gina’s approaches translate to online therapy

Gina commonly draws on client-centred therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy as core ways of working. Client-centred therapy means conversations follow the person’s concerns and pace, helping people feel heard and understood. Cognitive behavioural therapy looks at thoughts and behaviours and offers simple exercises to try different responses in daily life.

She also uses trauma-focused methods when people bring experiences of harm or loss, which helps people process difficult memories slowly and with care. These approaches are described together at the start of therapy, and Gina collaborates with each person to decide what to try first based on their needs and goals.

Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people use face-to-face conversation without travel. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging are available for people who prefer writing, want to reflect between sessions, or need contact that fits around work and caregiving. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt these formats to make therapy feel manageable and consistent with people’s lives.