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Sydney Pruett

Supportive CBT-informed counselor for trauma and life change

LPC Oklahoma

Experience
6 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, LGBT, Trauma and abuse
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages
English

About Sydney

Sydney Pruett brings a cognitive behavioral approach to therapy, using practical, evidence-informed strategies to help clients reframe unhelpful thoughts and build more effective coping skills.

Background and approach

As a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing from Oklahoma, she draws on six years of clinical experience to address concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, and compassion fatigue. Her work often focuses on helping people navigate relationship and family challenges, major life transitions, and issues related to identity and gender dysphoria.

Pruett pairs CBT techniques with client-centered principles and motivational interviewing to meet people where they are and foster collaborative goal-setting. That blend helps clients process difficult experiences like abandonment, attachment struggles, dissociation, or domestic violence while developing concrete tools for day-to-day functioning.

She also supports those managing body image concerns, chronic illness or pain, codependency, and isolation. Pruett approaches each person with sensitivity and respect, tailoring treatment plans to individual needs and drawing on trauma-focused methods when appropriate to promote healing and resilience.

Bringing CBT and Client-Centered Care to Online Therapy

Clients can expect cognitive behavioral strategies focused on identifying and changing thought patterns that contribute to anxiety, depression, and stress; CBT emphasizes practical skills and behavior changes that target day-to-day functioning and symptom reduction. Client-centered therapy complements that work by creating a compassionate, nonjudgmental space where the client's values and goals guide the pace and focus of treatment. Trauma-focused therapy can also be integrated when recent or past traumatic experiences are part of the picture, using techniques that help process those events while stabilizing present-day coping.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is collaborative rather than predetermined. The therapist will work with each client to explore which combination of CBT, client-centered methods, motivational interviewing, or trauma-focused strategies fits their needs, goals, and preferences, and will adjust the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy with this practice is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for varied schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to fit regular sessions into busy lives, maintain continuity across transitions, and access care from home or wherever a client is located within the therapist's service area.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?
Sydney works with a range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and family problems, compassion fatigue, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style and approach?
She uses a mix of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, client-centered techniques, motivational interviewing, and trauma-focused therapy to combine practical skill-building with empathetic, collaborative care.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Sydney has six years of experience working in mental health settings and applying these approaches to a variety of concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds the LPC credential and practices from Oklahoma; license details include MO LPC 2023022228 and NJ LPC 37PC00969900 as provided.
Does she offer services in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are provided in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available?
Available formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin working together?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a time based on the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefCoping with life changesCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesBody imageChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDissociationDomestic violenceFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameIsolation / lonelinessMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Motivational InterviewingTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

6+ years

Licensed

Oklahoma, Utah, Missouri, New Jersey

Languages

English