About Cynthia
Cynthia Gentle helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions and depression. She supports those coping with trauma, relationship and intimacy issues, and people managing bipolar disorder or ADHD. Cynthia also works with grief, anger, eating and sleeping difficulties, and career or self-esteem concerns.
She draws on five years of counselling experience in the United Kingdom and holds BACP registration, which reflects a recognised professional standard. Sessions are offered in English and Shona.
How Cynthia works
Cynthia pays attention to cultural identity and how it shapes self-worth and life choices. Her approach is practical and person-focused. She uses methods that help clients notice unhelpful thoughts, clarify values, and build coping skills.
Conversations aim to be straightforward and collaborative, so people leave with steps they can use between sessions. Cynthia also explores attachment patterns and the impact of past relationship hurt on present behaviour. That can include work around abandonment, infidelity, narcissistic abuse recovery, domestic violence and other relational wounds.
She helps clients talk through feelings of guilt, shame and isolation. Parents and people dealing with pregnancy, childbirth and miscarriage-related distress can find specific support for perinatal mental health. She also addresses compassion fatigue, seasonal changes in mood, hoarding concerns and the challenges linked to living with or beyond HIV and AIDS.
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What Cynthia works with
The areas below are the ones Cynthia selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- 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
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English, Shona |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Practical approaches for online counselling
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions aligned with their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, low mood related to life changes, and when someone wants clearer direction about what matters. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and emotional reactions, which can help with intimacy issues, abandonment concerns and recovery from relational hurt.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and tailor the mix of methods to each person's needs, goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process so people have a say in what feels most helpful and practical for them.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful when visual cues help the conversation, phone can fit into a short break or when bandwidth is limited, live chat works well for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make counselling easier to fit around work, family and travel commitments while keeping the focus on progress and practical steps.
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