“I started seeing Sydney at the beginning of 2020 due to a break up. I had completely lost myself & didn’t know who I was anymore or how to not feel pain all the time. Sydney was so patient and let me move at my own pace but always knew what to ask to get me really thinking. Once we worked passed the break up we jumped into my childhood trauma.

Since I have started seeing Sydney I have forgiven my abuser, I went to school for something everyone told me I’d fail at and graduated first in my class, I started loving myself and gained a strength I didn’t know I had. Sydney sends me podcasts and shares books on topics that I am working on. She is patient and kind and makes me feel like I am talking to a friend. She has helped me come up with ideas of things I can do to help me outside of therapy.

I’ve had a lot of bad, unsupportive people in my life but Sydney has shown me kindness & support and made me see that I am somebody and I am deserving of wonderful things. I will never be able to express how much gratitude I have for her. I am a better person since I have had Sydney as a therapist.”

— L.R.

“I made an appointment with Sydney because I was in the middle of the breakdown of my life. My wife of 8 years and mother of our two children, insisted that I seek therapy. We were on the brink of divorce. Over the course of my 35 years, I experienced psychological, some physical and verbal abuse, abandonment, betrayal, anger, depression, and denial. At times I was unaware that anything was wrong because I had done such a good job of burying bad experiences, thoughts or feelings.

The very first words exchanged between us, made me feel like I had known Sydney all my life. I was totally comfortable, while I was a complete emotional wreck. Sydney made me feel safe, she supported and guided me. I saw her once a week for about two years and I looked forward to our time together every week. She showed me that there were many other ways to look at my past and current situations that caused me pain.  She showed me mental exercises, artistic pathways to help get things that were hurting me out of my mind. Just having access to a neutral point of view was so helpful to my state of mind.

After about 3 months, my perspective was cleaned up, my marriage was back on track and better than ever. My time with Sydney made me realize that mental health is just as important as our psychical health and is often overlooked. Being human is difficult. To be a good human, working at full potential takes hard work. As long as I was willing to put the work in, during our sessions and outside of them, I made valuable and life long improvements.

I feel so fortunate to have ended up with such an intelligent, trustworthy, open minded, artistic, driven, and overall beautiful person helping me to navigate my most personal and emotional thoughts and feelings. I am so glad I ended up in her care. I recommend Sydney Hensler to anyone struggling, hurting, feeling, or not feeling all the things that make us who we are.”

— B.F.