- Compassionate listening
- Skill building
- Values focused
About Alyssa
Alyssa Sydor is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) in New York with 15 years of clinical experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, eating concerns, career struggles, and depression. Alyssa aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where someone can talk openly about thoughts and feelings.
She focuses on building practical skills and clearer thinking. Sessions often include ways to manage anxious moments, shift unhelpful thoughts, and set small, achievable goals. Mindfulness and motivation are used to help people reconnect with values and purpose.
Alyssa also pays attention to relationship patterns such as attachment and codependency, and to life stresses like caregiving or chronic health issues. She works with people who want to improve body image, reduce shame, or regain confidence after setbacks.
The counseling style is collaborative and straightforward. Alyssa listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps draw out steps a person can try between sessions. She encourages small changes that add up over time.
Her schedule includes early mornings, late evenings, and some weekends. Prospective clients should check scheduling options to see if a time aligns with their needs. The first step is a short matching process to connect with her and plan initial sessions.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Alyssa uses client-centered therapy to focus sessions around each person's priorities and experiences, listening closely and shaping the work to what matters most. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can be practiced between sessions to reduce anxiety or depressive patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Alyssa will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and comfort level, and she adjusts the plan as progress is made. That cooperative process helps set clear short-term goals and longer-term aims.
The practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions into a busy schedule and avoiding travel time so appointments are easier to keep. Online work can make weekly check-ins and skill practice more consistent, and it can support people who need early morning, evening, or weekend times. Please confirm the current session options before booking so you know which formats are offered.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
15+ years
Credentials
New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Alyssa commonly help with?
Alyssa helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem and career difficulties, and eating or body image concerns. She also focuses on related issues such as codependency, attachment struggles, caregiving stress, and substance concerns.
What is her therapeutic approach and style?
Her style is collaborative and client-centered, combining practical skills from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy with mindfulness and motivational interviewing. Sessions emphasize clear steps and tools to try between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has worked in the field for 15 years and uses that background to guide treatment planning and skill development.
Where is Alyssa licensed and based?
She is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) in New York and maintains a practice in that state.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with Alyssa?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to the therapist's listed availability.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.