Sidney Boersma, LCSW

Licensed in Wisconsin · 40 years in practice

Sidney Boersma is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, and family conflict.

License and registration

LCSW, Wisconsin: 2198 - 123 · expires February 2027
NPI: 1992800775 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 40
Languages: English

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About Sidney

Sidney Boersma is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, and family conflict. He speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps clients can use day to day. Sidney frames therapy as a collaborative effort and respects each person's strengths and experience.

With four decades of professional experience, Sidney draws on long practice working with people through hard transitions. He encourages clients to name their goals and take small, manageable steps toward them.

Background and approach

Sessions emphasize listening, clear problem solving, and building on what already works in a person's life. Sidney supports people dealing with relationship strain, communication problems, and the challenges of divorce and separation. He also works with those coping with isolation, forgiveness issues, questions of life purpose, and self-worth.

Post-traumatic stress and abuse are part of his experience as well. His style is straightforward and strengths-based. He helps clients identify patterns, try new ways of responding, and practice skills between sessions.

The therapist aims to create a steady, encouraging space to try out changes. Sessions are offered in English and are provided to people located in Wisconsin. Sidney views clients as the experts in their own stories and offers support to help them move toward a more satisfying life.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Sidney lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Online support

How Sidney’s Approaches Work Online

Sidney draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills and coping. One approach emphasizes building practical coping strategies to manage anxiety and stress, teaching simple routines and breathing or grounding exercises that can be used between sessions. Another approach focuses on processing trauma and post-traumatic stress in careful, paced steps so people can reduce distress and regain a sense of control.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Sidney collaborates with each person to identify which techniques fit their needs, goals, and pace. He treats clients as partners in choosing strategies and adjusts the plan as progress is made.

Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make work on these issues flexible. Video allows face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and text messaging or live chat supports short check-ins and ongoing coaching between meetings. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and stay connected to support from home or other convenient locations.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Sidney help with?

He works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and family conflict. Additional focus areas include communication problems, divorce and separation, forgiveness, isolation, life purpose, post-traumatic stress, and self-love.

How would you describe his therapeutic approach?

Sidney uses a practical, strengths-based style that emphasizes listening and problem solving. He helps people set goals and practice skills between sessions.

What is his professional background?

He has 40 years of professional work experience supporting people with a broad range of life and mental health challenges.

What credentials and location are listed?

He is listed as an LCSW, licensed in Wisconsin. Sessions are provided to people in Wisconsin.

Which languages are available for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are offered?

Sidney provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as session formats.

How are fees and billing handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I start a therapy relationship?

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