Gina Zyla, BACP
Gina Zyla is a counsellor with a BACP accreditation and 14 years of practice.
About Gina
Gina Zyla is a counsellor with a BACP accreditation and 14 years of practice. She offers steady, empathetic support for people dealing with loss, trauma, anxiety and mood difficulties. Her manner is calm and straightforward, focused on helping people feel understood and begin to cope better.
Gina combines several approaches to match each person’s needs rather than using a single method for everyone. Sessions are practical and conversational. People can expect to talk about what matters to them, learn simple tools for stress and mood, and look at how past experiences affect current feelings.
Background and approach
She has a background working with trauma and bereavement and brings that experience into sessions at a pace chosen by the client. This can include exploring difficult memories, building coping strategies, and developing more self-compassion over time. Progress is seen as a step-by-step process rather than a quick fix.
Gina also supports issues such as relationship and intimacy concerns, self-esteem, body image, sleep and eating difficulties, and work-related stress. Additional areas she pays attention to include attachment and abandonment, chronic illness and caregiving strain, and substance-related problems when relevant. Her approach is client-centred and practical, using techniques from cognitive behavioural work and trauma-focused methods alongside psychodynamic and existential ideas when helpful.
Sessions are offered in English and are available to people in the United Kingdom and internationally. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and book according to the therapist’s schedule.
Registration
| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 403741 | October 2026 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
What Gina works with
Everything Gina lists, in their own terms.
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- 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
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Gina lists
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Online support
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at current thoughts and behaviours and offers practical steps to change patterns that feed anxiety, depression or stress. It is useful for developing coping strategies and tackling sleep, eating and worry-related problems.
Trauma-Focused Therapy aims to help people process distressing experiences at a manageable pace, build grounding techniques, and reduce the ongoing impact of traumatic memories.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options, try methods that fit the person’s goals, and adjust as progress is made. This is a collaborative process based on needs and preferences rather than a fixed prescription.
Online sessions give practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when more connection is helpful. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging support shorter check-ins, ongoing reflection between sessions, and a way to stay engaged when writing feels easier than speaking.
Frequently asked
What concerns does Gina commonly help with?
She supports people with trauma and abuse, grief, anxiety, depression and stress, plus relationship and intimacy-related issues and self-esteem concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is calm and practical, centred on the person in front of her, using conversational sessions and tools from different approaches tailored to each need.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
Gina has 14 years of counselling experience and a background working with trauma and loss in frontline settings.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds accreditation with the BACP and works from the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
In what formats are sessions offered?
Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How are costs handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and sessions are provided through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What are the first steps to start working together?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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