Cyndi DykeBACP

Cyndi Dyke is a counsellor with ten years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression and relationship challenges. She works with adults on issues like low self-esteem, parenting strains, grief, addiction and problems with eating or sleeping. Her approach aims to spot practical steps that make daily life easier and more manageable.

Cyndi uses simple, goal-focused conversations to help people find what already works for them. She draws on client-centred listening to create space for people to tell their story in their own words. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and try practical, small experiments to change them.

Solution-Focused Therapy informs short-term goal-setting and keeps sessions moving towards what the person wants to achieve. Where faith is important to a person, she can integrate Christian counselling alongside psychological tools when requested. This means she may refer to scripture if the client wishes to include faith in sessions.

Sessions are collaborative and paced to the person’s needs. Cyndi emphasises clear, achievable steps rather than long lists of theory. She helps people practise new ways of thinking and behaving between sessions so change can carry into everyday life.

Her work also addresses attachment and communication difficulties, commitment worries, control issues and intimacy concerns. For people navigating pregnancy and childbirth related challenges, she offers supportive counselling that focuses on coping, emotional adjustment and preparing for changes ahead.

How Cyndi’s approaches work online

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding. The counsellor follows the person’s lead and helps them make sense of their experience without judgement; this is useful for emotional support and when someone needs a calm, steady space to talk.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions link together. It helps with anxiety, low mood and unhelpful habits by testing small changes and practising new ways of thinking between sessions.

Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on clear, achievable goals. Sessions build on strengths and ask what would be different when things have improved, which can be helpful for people wanting short-term, practical progress.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, and will adjust methods as the relationship develops. This is a collaborative process rather than a one-size-fits-all prescription.

Practical benefits of online therapy include easier fitting of appointments into busy days and the ability to meet from another location when that suits. Since session formats are not specified here, please confirm current options before booking so you know which way of meeting is offered. Online sessions can make regular check-ins and homework tasks simpler to schedule and keep progress moving between sessions.