About Cila
Cila Hintz is a UK-based psychotherapist with eight years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who are struggling with stress and anxiety, and supports those facing addiction, trauma, grief and low self-esteem. She works in a warm, respectful way and aims to make the first steps into therapy feel manageable.
Her approach is practical and person-focused. Sessions are shaped around each person's needs, drawing on a mix of methods to suit the problem and the person's pace.
Background and approach
She will discuss options and suggest a plan rather than pushing a single way of working. Cila has helped people manage panic, phobias and sleep problems, and she supports work on relationship and intimacy-related issues. She also addresses eating and food-related concerns, caregiver stress, and challenges connected to mood such as depression and bipolar experiences.
She uses several therapeutic approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioural techniques, dialectical behaviour strategies, client-centred work and hypnotherapy depending on what fits best. Sessions aim to build practical skills alongside exploring feelings and unhelpful patterns. Sessions are offered in English and Hungarian and take place online using video, phone, live chat or messaging.
Cila treats people with sensitivity around diverse identities, including LGBT concerns, and works collaboratively to set goals and track small steps forward.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and to act in line with their values. It can help with anxiety, stress and coping with life changes by encouraging practical steps even when emotions are uncomfortable. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It is often used for anxiety, panic and phobias and includes clear, skills-based work such as thought records and behavioural experiments. Client-Centred Therapy centres on the person's own experience, offering an empathetic space where understanding and acceptance help someone to explore their issues at their own pace.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with the person to decide which methods suit their goals and preferences. That collaborative intent means plans can change over time as progress is made or new priorities emerge.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions happen. Video calls give a face-to-face feel for deeper work, while phone sessions can fit into a busy day or use less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, step-by-step coaching and ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring duties and travel, and help keep momentum between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Hungarian
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