Sydney Kirsch, LMSW

Sydney Kirsch, LMSW, is a social worker at the Child Mind Institute’s Anxiety Disorders Center. Kirsch is trained to provide therapy to children, adolescents, and young adults with generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, and obsessive compulsion disorder. Kirsch works in the OCD Intensive Treatment Program to provide individual exposure therapy to children and adolescents. Prior to joining the Child Mind Institute, Kirsch worked as a middle school social worker. She worked collaboratively with families, educators, and outside providers to create individualized plans that best support the child’s needs. Kirsch was responsible for crisis management, risk assessments, counseling, and IEP services.

Kirsch is passionate about mindfulness, which inspired her to write two children’s books to help manage emotion: Michael and His Hot Air Balloon and Sami’s Scavenger Hunt. Using an integrative approach, Kirsch is dedicated to helping her patients reach their full potential.

• Intern, Center School, Social Work | New York, NY
• Intern, Peace Inc Headstart, Mental Health | Syracuse, NY
• Intern, Child Mind Institute, Summer Program | New York, NY
• Intern, Department of Children and Families, Social Work | Morris Plains, NJ
• Event Coordinator, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital | Memphis, TN

• MSW, Silver School of Social Work, New York University
• BSW, Social Work, Syracuse University