Alyssa Sydor, LMHC

Alyssa Sydor is a licensed mental health counselor in New York with 15 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, body image and eating concerns, and career or self-esteem struggles. She aims to make the first step less overwhelming by offering calm, straightforward support.

Alyssa creates a space where people can speak freely about hard feelings. Sessions emphasize listening without judgment and practical steps people can try between meetings. She encourages small, manageable goals to build confidence and day-to-day coping skills.

Her approach pulls from several evidence-informed methods. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to notice and shift unhelpful thinking patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy adds skills for managing strong emotions and reducing impulsive reactions. Mindfulness techniques are woven in to increase present-moment awareness and reduce stress.

Alyssa also uses client-centered strategies to keep the work focused on each person’s priorities. Motivational Interviewing helps when people feel stuck or unsure about change. Together these tools are used to address concerns like chronic pain, caregiver stress, addiction, communication problems, and feelings tied to abandonment or attachment.

She offers appointments outside standard business hours, including early mornings, late evenings, and some weekends. Prospective clients are invited to check her schedule and consider whether those times fit their routine before booking.

Approaches that translate to online care

Alyssa commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify and change thinking patterns that lead to distress. CBT focuses on small, practical experiments and homework that often work well between sessions and over video or phone. Dialectical Behavior Therapy contributes emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills for moments of strong feeling; these are taught in short, clear steps that clients can practice outside sessions. Client-Centered Therapy keeps the conversation anchored to each person's goals by emphasizing listening and collaboration.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Alyssa will talk with each client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked in the past. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as needed, making the process collaborative and flexible.

Confirm the available session formats before booking, as specific formats are set by the therapist. Online options can make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, or permitting sessions outside regular work hours. These practical benefits help people maintain consistency while managing day-to-day demands.