About Alyssa
Alyssa Sydor is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in New York with 15 years of experience. She helps people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, career pressures, eating concerns, or depression. Alyssa aims to make the first step feel manageable and supportive rather than scary.
She asks questions and listens closely so people can say what they really mean. Sessions focus on practical next steps, building confidence, and noticing patterns that keep problems going.
Background and approach
Alyssa encourages small changes that add up over time. Her work often includes techniques from client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy, along with mindfulness practices and elements of dialectical behavior therapy and motivational interviewing. These approaches are used to address things like body image, impulsivity, codependency, and communication problems.
Alyssa has helped clients facing chronic pain, caregiver stress, substance issues, abandonment concerns, and family conflict. She also supports people dealing with aging and geriatric issues, attachment concerns, and mood regulation challenges related to disruptive mood dysregulation disorder. Her schedule includes early mornings, late evenings, and some weekends to fit around busy lives.
Alyssa offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an appointment that fits their timing.
How Alyssa’s Approaches Work Online
Alyssa commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness approaches to help people manage anxiety and stress. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical behavioral experiments to reduce worry and improve mood. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm in everyday moments.She combines these methods with a client-centered stance, so the person’s goals guide which techniques are used. Figuring out the right mix is a joint process - the therapist and client try things, check what helps, and adjust the plan based on needs and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit different schedules. Video calls work well for deeper conversation and nonverbal cues, phone sessions suit lower bandwidth or hands-free check-ins, and chat or text can be useful for brief check-ins, homework, or when someone prefers writing. These options make it easier to keep momentum between sessions and to fit care into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Eating disorders
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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