I offer online sessions anywhere in LA or TX, as well as face-to-face sessions in Lake Charles. Has your child expressed in some way that they are scared, tired, hurting, lonely, depressed, or even suicidal as a result of the significant life changes that come with an unexpected diagnosis of a potentially terminal illness? Have you noticed that despite attempted access of resources such as psychotropic medication trials, psychotherapy interventions, child life services, and more, your child still needs help coping with a new cancer/blood disorder diagnosis or overcoming lingering medical trauma? Are you, the parent/caregiver of a childhood cancer patient/survivor, in need of someone to talk to about navigating your unique experience with advocating/caring for your child? Syed Survivorship Counseling and Consultation Center is an outpatient mental health counseling practice owned and operated by a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)/National Certified Counselor (NCC) and childhood cancer survivor named Shianne Syed who specializes in working with individuals between the ages of three (3) and twenty-five (25) years old who are actively being treated for a malignant cancer or blood/autoimmune disorder, those with cancer or blood/autoimmune disorders in maintenance/remission, those who are in the survivorship/late effects/aftercare phase of hematology/oncology treatment, and those who are grieving the loss of a loved one whose death was precipitated by cancer(s) and/or blood/autoimmune disorder(s). When Shianne was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins T-Cell Lymphoma at 14 years old, a number of factors/symptoms impaired her healing process and signaled the need for someone to intervene: Receiving treatment hours away from home, leading to intense loneliness; medical complications that teenagers don’t typically face; persistent, severe depression and overwhelming anxiety lasting beyond a reasonable adjustment period; suicidal thoughts; mood swings; changes in sleep, appetite, energy level, and concentration; helplessness/hopelessness; and many more. Since then, it has been Shianne’s dream to become a therapist who offers holistic therapeutic services that were not available options to her when she needed them most. Shianne has relevant work and field experience with all patient populations, including children, adolescents, adults, and seniors. The majority of her experience has been inpatient mental/behavioral health care where she fulfilled multiple roles, including that of a psychiatric technician, case manager, student, counseling intern, and licensed counselor. In that time, I gained experience working with a variety of diagnoses which included depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders, trauma and stress-related disorders (e.g., PTSD, panic disorder), eating disorders (e.g., bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder), conduct disorders (e.g., ODD, conduct disorder), substance use disorders, and neurocognitive/neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., ADHD, autism spectrum disorder). Outside of private practice, Shianne has focused on piloting an intensive outpatient program specific to the adolescent population at Oceans Outpatient Services of Lake Charles.
