Sydera Theobald, Arts-Therapy Intern

Sydera (they/he) is a queer student of mental health counseling and art therapy at Lesley University. Their practice is centered in unlearning colonial systems, while prioritizing physical and psychological safety. When deconstruction proves too risky for your well-being, you still deserve to seek ways of living that better support your body’s rhythmic flow. Sydera’s work best serves marginalized identities and de-centered neurotypes, people who are looking to re-center themselves in their own lives. They welcome youth and adults who may identify as queer, nonwhite, or disabled. 

Sydera’s approach emphasizes systemic frameworks when determining goals with a client. They work with psychosomatic and narrative therapy, which can help people identify their autonomy when interacting with their personal responses to larger issues outside of their control. Sydera may also invite you to process a feeling or circumstance with different creative techniques, which can help individuals discover new approaches to a given obstacle, though this is never required. This could look like drawing, painting, writing, collage - whatever mode of creative expression makes the most sense for the individual and may facilitate re-centering themselves in their own story.