Leanna Lee-Sydnor

Leanna Lee-Sydnor, LCSW Psychotherapist for High-Achieving Individuals, Couples & Boarding School Adolescents Serving New York & Connecticut (Telehealth) Leanna Lee-Sydnor is a licensed psychotherapist who works with high-achieving individuals navigating the hidden costs of outward success. Her clients are often deeply capable—entrepreneurs, students, professionals, or ambitious couples who quietly struggle with emotional exhaustion, relational distance, and a loss of clarity around who they are beyond their achievements. Leanna offers a structured, non-performative space where emotional insight unfolds at a sustainable pace. Her style blends psychodynamic depth, attachment-based exploration, and actionable strategies, helping clients move beyond short-term coping and into lasting internal change. Clients describe her approach as compassionate, discerning, and deeply grounding. This work is especially resonant for those who are high-functioning on the outside but increasingly aware that something deeper needs attention. CORE SERVICE AREAS: Therapy for Ambitious Professionals Support for navigating stress, over-functioning, and emotional disconnection without sacrificing ambition. Therapy for Boarding School Adolescents A space for students to process identity, regulate emotion, and grow resilience in high-pressure environments. Therapy for College Students Helping high-performing students explore identity, stress, and belonging in a time of major transition. Couples Therapy for High-Achieving Partners Helping ambitious couples move beyond logistics into deeper emotional connection and relational trust. THERAPY GOALS: Redefine success in ways that honor mental health, identity, and connection Understand how attachment and communication patterns shape relationships Interrupt cycles of burnout, perfectionism, and over-responsibility Build a self-concept rooted in internal worth—not just external output Create emotionally safe and mutually supportive partnerships