Sydney Walker, M.A.

Education

Clinical experience

Research

What does Sydney specialize in?

Sydney is a Registered Counselling Therapist – Candidate (RCT-C) at Crossroads who works with individuals and couples. She focuses on anxiety, people-pleasing, relationship challenges, emotion regulation, perfectionism, low self-confidence, stress and burnout, and recurring conflict.

What is Sydney’s approach to therapy?

Sydney takes an attachment-informed approach grounded in safety, closeness, and responsiveness. Rather than only reducing symptoms, she helps clients understand them as protective responses. She draws on mindfulness-based therapies, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Psychodynamic therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).

Does Sydney work with couples?

Yes. Sydney is trained in the Gottman Method (Levels 1 and 2) and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), and helps couples work through communication breakdowns, recurring conflict, and emotional disconnection.

What is Sydney’s background?

Sydney holds a Master of Arts from Yorkville University and a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Psychology from Saint Mary’s University. She has contributed to mental health research at the IWK Health Centre and has clinical experience with Kids Help Phone, CAM’s Kids Foundation, the Victorian Order of Nurses, and March of Dimes Canada.