Gina Zyla
Calm, practical counselling for lifes hard moments
About Gina
Gina Zyla is a counsellor with 14 years of professional experience supporting people through difficult life events. She holds a BACP credential and works from a person-centred stance that values empathy and respect. Gina aims to help people feel understood and to find practical ways to cope with distress.
Her practice focuses on anxiety, depression, stress, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, grief, trauma and compassion fatigue. She also supports people facing body image worries, commitment and communication problems, and the emotional impact of illness or caregiving.
Background and approach
Many clients come to discuss eating and sleeping difficulties, anger, career strain or major life changes. Gina blends conversational, client-centred work with structured techniques when helpful. She draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to address unhelpful thoughts and patterns.
Trauma-focused and psychodynamic perspectives are used to understand how past experiences shape current reactions. Sessions are tailored to each person. Gina listens first to find what matters most, then suggests small, achievable steps.
She also uses creative tools such as artwork and inner-child exercises when these fit the persons needs. The focus is on building coping tools and increasing self-compassion. People who want a calm, respectful listener and practical strategies often find this approach useful.
Gina accepts international clients and offers sessions in English. To begin, a short matching questionnaire helps pair someone with the right schedule and format.
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Sessions & fees
Approaches that suit online therapy and practical needs
Gina uses client-centred work to place the persons experience at the heart of the sessions. This approach focuses on listening, empathy and helping people make choices that fit their values. It is useful for those who want a supportive space to talk through emotions.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which helps identify unhelpful thought patterns and build practical coping strategies. CBT can be helpful for anxiety, low mood, sleep problems and stress by teaching concrete tools to try between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Gina will discuss goals and preferences and jointly decide what methods to try. That collaborative process means the approach can change as needs evolve.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video is useful for face-to-face style conversations, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging suits brief check-ins or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caregiving and travel commitments while keeping a steady therapeutic process.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| 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
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
