Meet Sydney
Counselor
Sydney Rowley, LPCC (she/her)
Sydney's Work is Especially helpful to those who want to:
- Heal from trauma and emotional wounds
- Strengthen relationships through couples counseling
- Understand attachment patterns and relational behaviors
- Navigate grief, burnout, or identity transitions
- Build self-worth and confidence in a safe, affirming space
She offers affirming care for LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC clients and welcomes the full complexity of each person’s lived experience.
Sydney has a special interest in individuals who want to better understand their relational patterns and attachment wounds. She also enjoys working with couples and helping partners improve communication, rebuild trust, and deepen emotional connection.
Sydney's Approach
Sydney blends traditional talk therapy with somatic and body-based interventions that support trauma recovery and nervous system regulation. Her work draws from Attachment Theory, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Relational-Cultural Theory, Polyvagal Theory, and mindfulness-based approaches. At the heart of her work is a deep belief that healing involves both emotional insight and embodied safety.
Clients can expect a therapy experience that honors curiosity, self-compassion, and meaningful change.
Training & Education
Sydney earned her Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Northwestern University. Her clinical background includes working with individuals facing a range of challenges, including housing insecurity, addiction, and severe mental health concerns. These experiences have shaped her commitment to culturally responsive care and her understanding of how systemic harm and marginalization impact emotional well-being.
She is dedicated to lifelong learning and continues to deepen her knowledge through ongoing training in trauma-informed and somatic practices. She is also trained in the Gottman approach to support people with couples counseling.
Outside of The Therapy Room
Sydney feels most at ease in nature and often finds restoration through mindful hiking, camping, or simply sitting outside with her dog. She is a former multi-sport athlete who still loves to play tennis, a passionate banana bread baker (always with chocolate chips), and someone who values quiet mornings, storytelling, and slowing down.
Cost & Location
Sydney offers individual therapy, adolescent counseling, couples counseling, and family therapy. She is currently accepting new clients and welcomes those seeking gentle, affirming, and body-aware support.
Sydney’s rate is $125 per individual session and $150 per couples session. She is in network with Cigna and United, and can provide a Superbill upon request for clients who wish to submit for potential out-of-network reimbursement.
Sydney works out of our Arvada office and also offers virtual sessions. She is not enrolled as a Medicaid provider.
Hours
Sydney has weekday availability.
Sydney is a trauma-informed therapist who works with adults, teens, and couples navigating complex PTSD (CPTSD), emotional neglect, relational trauma, identity exploration, and chronic stress. Many of the clients she supports appear high functioning on the outside but feel disconnected, overwhelmed, or uncertain on the inside. She helps them rebuild a felt sense of safety, strengthen emotional resilience, and reconnect with themselves and others in more authentic and empowered ways.
Sydney’s style is warm, grounded, and collaborative. She shows up with curiosity and compassion, offering a nonjudgmental space where clients can untangle long-standing patterns and reclaim parts of themselves that have been hidden or silenced. Her work is deeply attuned to the nervous system and honors each client’s pace, capacity, and cultural context. Whether she is supporting someone through trauma recovery, navigating relationship dynamics, or helping a couple deepen their connection, Sydney brings a steady presence that supports clarity, self-compassion, and embodied change.
No matter what age group and your counseling needs, we have a therapist or counselor who is the right match for you. Book a free 15 minute consultation to meet any of our amazing therapists and begin your path to health and wellness.
About Tribe Mental Health Therapists & Counselors
You Deserve to Feel Great. We’re Here to Help.
Tribe is a group practice of counselors and therapists that was formed to meet your needs. At any point in your life, whether you are a child or an adult, having outside support can help you to change your path and feel more in control of your life.
Reach out for a free 15-minute consultation to see if we are the right fit for you.
Rebuilding Trust and Connection
Through Couples Counseling
Relationships are one of the most meaningful parts of life, but they can also be one of the most challenging. Whether you’re navigating conflict, communication breakdowns, or the lingering effects of past wounds, couples counseling can provide the support you and your partner need to reconnect and grow together.
What Is Couples Counseling?
Couples counseling is a type of therapy that supports two people in a committed relationship. It is a space where partners can explore difficult dynamics, improve communication, and rebuild emotional connection. Whether you’re dating, married, or somewhere in between, couples therapy can help you strengthen your bond.
Many couples seek counseling when they feel stuck in cycles of misunderstanding or emotional distance. Others begin therapy after a breach of trust, such as infidelity or betrayal, and want to explore whether and how they can move forward. Some couples are simply looking to deepen their intimacy and improve the way they relate to one another.
Understanding Relational Patterns and Attachment Wounds
Our earliest relationships shape the way we show up in adult partnerships. These early attachment patterns often operate beneath the surface, influencing everything from how we respond to conflict to how safe we feel being emotionally vulnerable.
If you or your partner tend to shut down, become overly accommodating, or escalate quickly during disagreements, there may be unprocessed attachment wounds at play. In couples counseling, we work together to identify these patterns, understand where they come from, and practice healthier ways of relating.
Supporting Your Relationship with Evidence-Based Tools
Our couples therapist uses evidence-based approaches, including The Gottman Method and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), to help partners:
Strengthen emotional intimacy
Improve communication and listening skills
Break out of unhelpful cycles of conflict
Rebuild trust after betrayal
Develop secure attachment within the relationship
Therapy offers a chance to slow down, be seen and heard, and learn to speak to one another from a place of compassion and curiosity rather than criticism or defensiveness.
Is Couples Counseling Right for You?
Couples counseling isn’t just for relationships in crisis. It is for any couple who wants to build a stronger, more secure foundation. If you feel disconnected, unheard, or stuck in the same arguments again and again, therapy can offer tools and insight to help you grow together rather than apart.
Whether you’re repairing past harm or working to create new ways of relating, we are here to support your journey toward a more connected partnership.
Ready to Begin?
If you’re ready to strengthen your relationship, rebuild trust, or improve communication, schedule a free consultation today.
How a Trauma Therapist Can Help You
Heal From the Inside Out
Trauma doesn’t always look the way we expect. Sometimes it shows up as anxiety, disconnection, people-pleasing, or difficulty trusting others. It can impact relationships, self-worth, and the ability to feel safe in your own body. Working with a trauma therapist can help you untangle those patterns, rebuild your sense of safety, and move forward with clarity and self-compassion.
What Does a Trauma Therapist Do?
A trauma therapist is trained to help people understand and heal from the impact of trauma, whether it was a single event or something that happened over time. This includes experiences such as abuse, neglect, loss, or growing up in an unpredictable or emotionally unavailable environment.
Many clients come to therapy unsure if what they experienced “counts” as trauma. They may appear high functioning on the outside but feel overwhelmed or numb inside. A trauma-informed approach helps people explore these experiences without judgment, at a pace that feels manageable.
PTSD and CPTSD: Understanding the Difference
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) often develops after a specific event, such as an accident or assault. Symptoms can include flashbacks, nightmares, hypervigilance, and avoidance.
Complex PTSD (CPTSD), on the other hand, usually stems from ongoing trauma, often in relationships. This might include emotional neglect, childhood abuse, or toxic relationship dynamics. CPTSD can lead to chronic feelings of shame, difficulty trusting others, emotional dysregulation, and a fractured sense of self.
Both PTSD and CPTSD can disrupt daily life, especially when the nervous system stays stuck in survival mode. A trauma therapist works with you to understand these responses and gently support your system in coming back to a place of safety.
Relational Trauma and Attachment Wounds
When early relationships lacked consistency, safety, or emotional attunement, they can leave lasting imprints. These attachment wounds often show up in adulthood as difficulty setting boundaries, fear of abandonment, or shutting down during conflict.
A trauma therapist can help you:
Recognize and understand your relational patterns
Explore the roots of attachment wounds
Build secure internal resources
Learn to tolerate and process big emotions
Reconnect with parts of yourself that have been silenced or hidden
Healing relational trauma is not just about “feeling better,” but about developing new, more empowered ways of being in relationship with yourself and others.
Why Somatic and Nervous System Work Matters
Trauma lives in the body, not just the mind. That is why many trauma therapists incorporate somatic practices, breathwork, mindfulness, and nervous system education into the therapy process. These tools can help you notice your body’s signals, regulate stress responses, and begin to feel more grounded and present.
You Don’t Have to Keep Carrying It Alone
You might be used to being the strong one. The responsible one. The one who keeps it together even when everything feels like too much. Therapy is a place where you can let go of that pressure. Where you don’t have to have it all figured out. Where you can be supported, just as you are.
If you’re ready to work with a trauma therapist who honors your story, holds space with care, and supports your healing in a way that feels grounded and empowering, we’re here for you.
At Tribe Mind Body Wellness, we will help you to have:
- More constructive thinking patterns
- The ability to identify and engage in more appropriate behaviors for positive changes
- Increased tolerance for the physical discomfort that is often experienced with anxiety, low self-esteem, or psychological conditions
- Better and more satisfying relationships