About Sydni
Sydni Durrstein is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety while building greater self-acceptance. She offers straightforward support for relationship struggles, anger, and life changes. Her approach aims to give practical skills people can use between sessions.
She centers sessions on the person’s goals and uses evidence-based techniques to meet those goals. That means Sydni tailors tools and exercises to fit each person’s situation rather than using one fixed method.
Background and approach
People leave sessions with concrete steps to practice at home. Her work covers a broad range of concerns including attachment issues, blended family challenges, caregiver stress, codependency, and communication problems. She also addresses control issues, dependent personality patterns, and coping after divorce or separation.
Additional focus areas include substance concerns, fertility-related stress, guilt and shame, impulsivity, and questions about life purpose. Sydni brings five years of clinical experience to her practice in Wisconsin. She describes her role as collaborative - listening first, then helping people choose strategies that match their needs.
That practical focus helps people move from feeling stuck to taking manageable action. Sessions are offered in English and are available through video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. The subscription model used for sessions can be canceled at any time, and scheduling follows a short matching process that helps pair people with an appropriate therapist.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Sydni blends person-centered work with evidence-based techniques to help people manage anxiety and related concerns. Person-centered work focuses on listening and building a trusting working relationship so clients can explore what matters most to them. That style helps with stress, relationship strain, and life transitions by creating a space to clarify goals.She also draws on practical, evidence-based strategies that teach coping skills and behavior change. These approaches include learning tools to manage anxious thoughts and practicing new communication skills. They are useful for anger, codependency, impulse control, and improving day-to-day functioning.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will ask about your goals, try different techniques, and adjust plans based on what works best. Clients and the therapist decide together which methods fit priorities and preferences.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can suit brief check-ins or people who prefer written communication. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep continuity when life gets in the way.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Fertility issues
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
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