Sylvie

Mrs Sylvie Oconnell

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

“Sylvie O'Connell has extensive experience with conditions ranging from mild mood disorders to severe mental health issues. Today, she focuses on addressing daily stressors for individuals and couples related to burn-out, anxiety and depression and how they can negatively impact our lives by providing tools to better relate to ourselves and others!”

About Me

Sylvie O'Connell understands how daily stressors, anxiety, and depression can impact your life. She focuses on equipping individuals with practical tools to better relate to themselves and others. Her extensive experience means she expertly guides clients through their unique challenges. Sessions offer clear strategies for navigating difficult emotions and improving connections. She is a good match for those ready to manage daily pressures and foster healthier relationships.

Approach

I shape work around everyday pressures, translating overwhelming feelings into manageable steps and clearer connections. From my base in Europe online, with sessions offered in English and German, I keep a steady, paced rhythm that balances focused exploration with small experiments you try between meetings. We use mindfulness-based practices, targeted reflection, and practical skill-building to notice patterns, shift reactions, and strengthen relationships and self-trust. Those juggling anxiety, mood shifts, trauma or relationship strain often find this grounded, collaborative way of working helpful.
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Basic Information

Services

Services Offered:

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    Coaching

    A goal-oriented practice focused on identifying objectives, overcoming obstacles, and taking action, centred on the present and future rather than past difficulties.

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    Relationship Counseling

    Counselling for couples or partners focused on improving communication, rebuilding trust, and strengthening emotional connection.

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    Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)

    A therapy combining mindfulness meditation with cognitive behavioural techniques, designed particularly to prevent relapse in depression.

    Learn more about Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
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    Online Therapy

    Therapy sessions conducted over video call, phone, or secure messaging, using the same professional methods delivered remotely.

    Learn more about Online Therapy
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    Psychotherapy

    In-depth therapeutic work that explores patterns in thoughts, emotions, and relationships to produce lasting psychological change.

    Learn more about Psychotherapy

Works With:

  • •Adults
  • •Couples
  • •Individuals
  • •Parents

Area of Expertise

Scope of Practice:

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    Addiction

    A compulsive dependence on a substance or behaviour, such as alcohol, drugs, or gambling, that causes harmful consequences to health, relationships, or daily life.

    Learn more about Addiction
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    Anxiety

    Persistent worry, nervousness, or fear that is disproportionate to the situation and interferes with daily functioning.

    Learn more about Anxiety
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    Mood Disorder

    A category of mental health conditions, including depression and bipolar disorder, in which a person's emotional state is significantly and persistently disrupted.

    Learn more about Mood Disorder
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    Divorce Counseling

    Counselling for individuals or couples going through separation or divorce, addressing the emotional, practical, and relational dimensions.

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    Abuse

    Emotional, physical, or sexual mistreatment by another person that causes lasting psychological harm and disrupts a person's sense of safety.

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    LGBTQI+ Support

    The unique psychological experiences of LGBTQI+ individuals, including identity exploration, coming out, discrimination, minority stress, and relationship dynamics.

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    Parenting Support

    Guidance for the psychological challenges of raising children, including discipline, communication, co-parenting, and managing the emotional demands of parenthood.

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    Relationship Counseling

    Counselling for couples or partners focused on improving communication, rebuilding trust, and strengthening emotional connection.

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    Trauma

    The lasting psychological impact of deeply distressing events, such as violence, abuse, accidents, or disasters, that overwhelm a person's ability to cope.

    Learn more about Trauma

Professional Title:

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    Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

    A therapist licensed to work with couples and families on relationship difficulties, communication, and family dynamics.

Qualifications

San Diego State University

Registrations

Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS)

Marriage and Family Therapist

Service Area

Solutions For Change Marriage & Family Therapy

Online Only

Palma

Spain