LMFT, 9 years of experience
Sydelcis Mendez (Syd) is a bilingual Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in crisis, trauma, anxiety, and stress management as it relates to individuals, couples, and families during life transitions. Raised in the Bronx by her Dominican family, she witnessed the gaps in resources and opportunities for individuals of different backgrounds. Syd became a therapist after seeing the mental health strains in her community and noting the underrepresentation of qualified providers who provided culturally-sensitive treatment and systems-oriented support. Throughout her career, she has served individuals grappling with substance use challenges, homelessness/transient issues, health concerns, developmental needs, sexual assault, domestic violence, addiction, military service/veteran affairs issues, as well as family or marital challenges.
Mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual health needs may be compromised, especially during times of stress. Syd offers therapeutic techniques that focus on addressing concerns, realigning values, and delineating actions to meet the desired goals.
The approach includes resilience training, narrative frameworks, and cognitive behavioral therapy techniques while focusing on practices of seven collective values shaping our world experience. Individuals can observe, reflect, and realign with their values regardless of the adversities present.
Syd uses a strength-based approach to promote intentional mental, emotional, physical and spiritual practices that support resilience and overall well-being. Those involved reflect on their values, disciplines, and barriers influencing their heightened stress responses. Collaboratively, there is the identification of patterns of thought and behaviors shaping unwanted results, increased self-awareness, and tools to manage arising issues and desired goals.
Individuals grappling with trauma, stress, anxiety, or life transitions.
10 ratings with written reviews
July 31, 2025
Syd is amazing! She is genuine, great listener, non-judgmental, culturally competent, holistic, meets me where I’m at and provides me with great tools to help me navigate my daily and life goals. Keep up the great work!
July 29, 2025
You make it a safe space to express and say what your feeling.
July 17, 2025
I read the bio of several prospective therapists and kept coming back to Ms. Mendez's profile. She has proven to be a great choice for me. I especially appreciate her guidance towards improved understanding of my thoughts and passionate feelings about the environment that impacts my life.