SYLVIA GARCIA
Sylvia attended Columbia University for her undergraduate degree in Art History and Visual Arts. After graduating, she discovered that she could combine her passion for art and helping others. Sylvia pursued a Masters in Psychology at Phillips Graduate Institute and completed the MFT and Art Therapy program. Sylvia specializes in working with individuals ages 5-25. She has extensive experience working primarily with at risk youth, young adults, children and families struggling with homelessness, domestic violence, substance use, depression, anxiety, and other behavioral issues. She is also experienced with crisis counseling and working with youth struggling with suicidal ideation, self-harm, and LGBTQ issues.
Sylvia is a registered Art Therapist with the American Art Therapy Association. She is also a leader for A Window Between Worlds, which utilizes art to heal from trauma. Sylvia also recently completed her 200-hour certification to become a yoga teacher and likes to incorporate trauma informed yoga interventions to address trauma, PTSD, anxiety and depression.
Sylvia provides sessions in English & Spanish. She works with clients 5 and up and offers individual and family sessions.
QUALIFICATIONS
SPECIALTIES
TRAINING
TREATMENT APPROACH
Addiction: Alcohol/Drug/Substance Abuse
ADHD
Adoption
Anger Management
Anxiety
Behavioral Issues
Bipolar Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder
Career Counseling
Chronic Pain
Codependency
Coping Skills
Depression
Divorce
Domestic Abuse/Domestic Violence
Eating Disorders
Emotional Disturbance
Family Conflict
Grief & Loss
Learning Disabilities
Life Coaching
Life Transitions
Obesity
Obsessive Compulsive (OCD)
Oppositional Defiance
Parenting
Peer Relationships
Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
Racial Identity
Relationship Issues
School Issues
Selective Mutism
Self-Esteem
Self-Harming
Sexual Abuse
Sleep or Insomnia
Stress
Suicidal Ideation
Teen Violence
Trauma & PTSD
Traumatic Brain Injury
Video Game Addiction
Weight Loss
Women’s Issues
Dissociative Disorders
Impulse Control Disorders
Mood Disorders
Personality Disorders
Psychosis
Sexuality, Transgender, Bisexual, Gay
Certifications
200-Hour Yoga Teacher (Sylvia uses this for Trauma Informed Yoga)
Trainings
Seeking Safety: Trauma & Substance Use
Assessment of Children Ages 0-5
Trauma in Infancy and Early Childhood
Introduction to Parent Child Interaction Therapy
Incredible Years Preschool BASIC Parent Training
Project Fatherhood
Reflective Supervision
Suicide Education and Awareness Training (SEAT)
Suicide Intervention Skills Training, ASIST
Embracing Diversity of LGBTQ Youth and Families
Expressive Therapies
Bringing Trauma Informed Yoga into Mental Health Clinical Practice
Art Therapy
Attachment-Based
Culturally Sensitive
Expressive Arts
Family/Marital
Family Systems
Intervention
Narrative
Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
Play Therapy
Trauma-Focused
Seeking Safety