hi! i’m syd.

As a therapist, the most important thing to me is that my clients feel comfortable and safe. I prioritize building my relationship with clients at the start of therapy. After all, the therapeutic relationship is the biggest determinant of success in therapy! I also know that asking for help can be scary. I hope to make it a little less scary by telling you about myself! On this page are some things about me as a therapist and as a person so you can get to know me a little better!

my approach

My approach to therapy is compassionate, collaborative, and deeply personalized.

I operate from the belief that therapy is a collaboration. You are the expert of your own experience. I am here to provide insight, knowledge, and work together with you. I approach each client with patience, interest, and compassion. I draw from different approaches such as psychodynamic, relational, compassion-focused, strengths-based, person-centered, and narrative therapy. I operate from a trauma-informed and culturally sensitive lens. Please reach out if you’d like to learn more about my approach and how it could look for you.

we might work well together if…

You’re looking for a genuine relationship with your therapist where you can be yourself.

You want a therapist who sees you as a whole person with lived experience.

You need time to open up to people. (I am very patient and understand that therapy can feel new and a little awkward)

You want to be able to joke with your therapist.

You relate to and find meaning in movies, tv shows, books, and music and want to talk about it!

my credentials

Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (Washington)

Licensed Certified Social Worker - Clinical (Maryland)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (Virginia)

Master of Social Work (Virginia Commonwealth University)

get to know me!

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  • making silly crafts

    film photography

    reading

    knitting

    doing anything with my dog, Juno :)

  • School of Rock

    Fantastic Mr. Fox

    Dead Poets Society

    Kiki’s Delivery Service

    Jennifer’s Body

  • Over the Garden Wall

    Bojack Horseman

    Twin Peaks

    It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

    Adventure Time

  • Little Weirds by Jenny Slate

    A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

    The House in the Cerulean Sea by T. J. Klune

    Klara And The Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

    Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson

  • Phoebe Bridgers

    Big Thief

    Fleetwood Mac

    MJ Lenderman

    Harry Styles

“You keep asking why your work is not enough, and I don’t know how to answer that, because it’s enough to exist in the world and marvel at it. You don’t need to justify or earn it. You are allowed to just live.”

-Becky Chambers, A Psalm For the Wild-Built

let's work together!