Sydney Erskine, LMFT

Sydney Erskine is a licensed marriage and family therapist with a long history of working with individuals facing addiction, dual diagnosis, and relational challenges. She completed a Masters in Psychology in 1994 and has held her professional license since January 2000. As an LMFT - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - she has practiced in treatment centers and in private practice throughout the Bay Area, bringing experience from clinical settings that address both substance use and co-occurring issues.

Sydney applies a holistic, individualized approach that integrates biological, psychological, social, and spiritual dimensions of a person’s life. Her theoretical foundation spans psychodynamic and Bowen family systems perspectives, which explore how learned patterns and family systems influence current behavior, as well as humanistic principles that emphasize compassion, respect, and the discovery of one’s essential self. She also incorporates Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques to offer practical, tangible tools for managing intense or conflicting thoughts, emotions, and behaviors.

She values the courage it takes to seek counseling and treats each client as an individual of inherent worth. The work begins with a careful assessment of the concerns that brought a person to therapy and proceeds through collaborative insight building, measurable goal setting, and deliberate action. Her aim is to help clients redirect focus toward authentic living, internal motivation, and meaningful change. She looks forward to helping clients develop and achieve lasting, actionable growth.