About Csilla
Csilla Hajnal uses practical, evidence-based approaches to help people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and the aftermath of trauma. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in New Jersey and brings ten years of clinical experience to her work. Sessions aim to clarify goals and build steps that fit each person's life.
Her style is straightforward and collaborative. She helps clients name what matters most and sets small, achievable steps.
Background and approach
Conversations focus on what is getting in the way and on skills that reduce distress and improve daily functioning. Csilla has worked with concerns such as anger, low self-esteem, social anxiety, and mood difficulties. She also works with people coping with separation and divorce, communication problems, and the effects of trauma and post-traumatic stress.
Her approach adapts to each person rather than following a single method. When relationships are the focus, she uses an assessment tool to map strengths and areas to grow. For parenting questions she draws on behavior-focused strategies that emphasize positive attention and consistency.
These tools are used alongside standard counseling work to create practical plans. Therapy is paced to the person. Early sessions typically clarify goals and immediate strategies.
Follow-up sessions focus on building skills, tracking progress, and adjusting the plan as needed. The aim is steady, manageable change.
Evidence-informed approaches and online care
Csilla uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills and change rather than lengthy theory. One approach emphasizes skill-building for anxiety and mood problems, teaching breathing and thinking strategies to reduce worry and improve daily functioning. Another method focuses on processing trauma and post-traumatic stress with gradual exposure and coping skills to reduce reactivity and improve routine functioning.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and pace. Together they try approaches, track what helps, and adjust the plan to better fit the person's needs.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is useful for more in-depth discussion and nonverbal cues, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat can fit quick check-ins, and text messaging supports brief ongoing contact and homework reminders. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to keep continuity of care.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English