Sylvia

Dr Sylvia Welsh

Clinical Psychologist

“An experienced child, adolescent and adult psychologist & psychoanalyst with extensive family systems training.”

About Me

This experienced psychologist and psychoanalyst works with children, adolescents, and adults. They understand how family dynamics shape individual well-being. Drawing on extensive family systems training, they help clients explore deep-rooted patterns. In sessions, they guide individuals to strengthen connections and unravel complex relationships. This approach is ideal for anyone seeking to understand how their family history influences current challenges, fostering lasting personal growth.

Approach

Drawing on clinical and psychoanalytic perspectives, I focus on how relationships and early experiences show up in everyday life and in the therapy room. In New York I meet in English and by secure video, keeping sessions attentive, paced to your comfort, and open to both feeling and story work. We track recurring patterns, try small experiments between meetings, and name the unconscious moves that keep problems repeating. This way of working often suits people seeking clearer connections and lasting change.
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Basic Information

In-person & Online

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Services

Services Offered:

  • Child / Adolescent Therapy

    Therapy for children and teenagers using age-appropriate methods, such as play, art, or adapted talk therapy, to address emotional and behavioural difficulties.

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  • Clinical Supervision

    Professional oversight and reflective practice for clinical practitioners, ensuring quality of care and supporting ongoing development.

  • Coaching

    A goal-oriented practice focused on identifying objectives, overcoming obstacles, and taking action, centred on the present and future rather than past difficulties.

  • Relationship Counseling

    Counselling for couples or partners focused on improving communication, rebuilding trust, and strengthening emotional connection.

  • Psychoanalysis

    An in-depth therapy that explores unconscious patterns, early experiences, and inner conflicts to produce lasting psychological change, typically involving frequent sessions.

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  • Psychodynamic Therapy

    A therapy that explores how past experiences and unconscious patterns shape current feelings, relationships, and behaviour.

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Works With:

  • Adolescents
  • Adults
  • Children
  • Couples
  • Families
  • Individuals
  • Organisations
  • Under Fives

Area of Expertise

Scope of Practice:

  • Anxiety

    Persistent worry, nervousness, or fear that is disproportionate to the situation and interferes with daily functioning.

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  • Grief & Loss

    The emotional, physical, and psychological response to the death of a loved one or another significant loss.

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  • Career Issues

    Work-related difficulties such as chronic dissatisfaction, conflict, burnout, uncertainty about direction, or the stress of career change.

  • Trauma

    The lasting psychological impact of deeply distressing events, such as violence, abuse, accidents, or disasters, that overwhelm a person's ability to cope.

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  • Mood Disorder

    A category of mental health conditions, including depression and bipolar disorder, in which a person's emotional state is significantly and persistently disrupted.

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  • Divorce Counseling

    Counselling for individuals or couples going through separation or divorce, addressing the emotional, practical, and relational dimensions.

  • Parenting Support

    Guidance for the psychological challenges of raising children, including discipline, communication, co-parenting, and managing the emotional demands of parenthood.

  • PTSD

    Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, a condition that develops after a traumatic event, causing flashbacks, nightmares, hypervigilance, and emotional numbness.

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  • Relationship Counseling

    Counselling for couples or partners focused on improving communication, rebuilding trust, and strengthening emotional connection.

Professional Title:

  • Clinical Psychologist

    An advanced mental health professional trained to assess and treat a wide range of difficulties, from anxiety and depression to trauma and complex conditions.

Credentials

Registrations

New York State Education Department; Office of the Professions

Clinical Psychologist

Qualifications

Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology; Institute for Psychoanalytic Education

Service Areas

Private Practice Office

In-person & Online

New York, New York

United States

New York, United States