Sibi Selvarajah
Supportive LCSW for relationship and addiction concerns
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed in
- New York
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Sibi
Sibi Selvarajah is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) who helps people facing depression, anxiety, stress, and addiction. He also supports individuals dealing with family conflict, intimacy-related issues, and communication problems. His tone is collaborative and direct, aiming to make therapy practical and approachable for busy parents.
He centers cultural responsiveness in his work and pays attention to how identity and systemic factors shape everyday struggles. That means he listens for how discrimination, cultural expectations, and life transitions affect mood, relationships, and decision making.
Background and approach
Sessions are aimed at building insight and workable strategies rather than jargon. Sibi helps people explore attachment patterns, codependency, and questions of self-worth. He also supports clients navigating major life changes like divorce, grief, and shifts in identity.
Sexual health topics, process addictions, eating and food-related issues, and concerns tied to chronic illness such as cancer are also within his scope. When working on relationship stress he focuses on specific skills for clearer communication and managing control issues. For addiction-related concerns he addresses drug and alcohol use alongside underlying triggers and impulsivity.
He takes a person-centered approach that emphasizes small, sustainable steps. With six years of clinical experience in New York, he brings practical tools and steady listening to sessions. People who want a therapist who combines attention to culture with plainspoken guidance may find his style useful.
Approaches That Help With Relationship and Addiction Concerns
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques are the backbone of his work. One common method focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful patterns in thinking and behavior to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and addictive behaviors. This approach teaches concrete skills for managing urges, mood, and stressful moments.Another frequent focus is attachment and relational work, which looks at how early relationship patterns shape current intimacy and communication. This helps people notice repeating dynamics, improve boundaries, and practice clearer ways of asking for needs to be met.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and day-to-day realities, then try methods together and adjust as needed. Clients are invited to give feedback so the work stays practical and relevant.
Confirm the therapist's current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also help people attend sessions from a quieter place, use less internet bandwidth, or avoid being on camera depending on what suits them.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Cancer
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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