Cynthia Gentle
Compassionate support for stress and trauma
About Cynthia
Cynthia Gentle helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction and relationship troubles. She works with grief, depression, trauma and intimacy concerns, and supports people managing eating and sleeping problems, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem and career worries. Cynthia also offers support for bipolar symptoms, compassion fatigue and ADHD.
She speaks English and Shona and practises from the United Kingdom. Cynthia uses straightforward conversation to help people make sense of what they are feeling.
Background and approach
She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients notice what matters and take small steps towards it. Attachment-based ideas are used to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. Cognitive behavioural techniques and a client-centred stance are also part of her work.
Sessions focus on what the person wants to change. Cynthia helps set goals together and tries practical ways to reduce distress day to day. She pays attention to cultural identity and self-worth as central to recovery and empowerment.
People can expect a calm, non-judgemental space for talking things through. Cynthia aims to be clear about options and choices during the work. She supports clients through difficult life events such as miscarriage, perinatal concerns and dealing with discrimination.
Her background includes five years of clinical practice and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. That registration is noted as BACP. The approach is collaborative and paced to each person's needs.
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Sessions & fees
Online approaches that focus on values and relationships
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, practical steps that match those values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, stress and for people wrestling with life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds affect current relationships and patterns. It helps people who struggle with trust, intimacy and repeated relationship difficulties by exploring connection and repair. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Cynthia will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences and decide together which methods to use. That collaborative process means the plan can change over time as progress is made. Online sessions give practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when more connection is needed. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat or text-based messaging suit brief check-ins, step-by-step exercises or when typing feels easier. These options make it easier to keep therapy going around work, family and travel commitments, and to choose the format that best supports the work.| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English, Shona
