Sienna Lyon

LCPC, Ed.S

Welcome!

I am so grateful that I get to do this work every day. I find great joy in witnessing and supporting my clients’ journeys.

I come to this work through a somewhat circuitous and winding route, exploring the professional worlds of teaching, non-profits, and hospitality before landing on the profession of therapist. In many ways, this journey and my ultimate professional choice make a lot of sense. From an early age, I learned how to be both independent and deeply connected to others. As an only child, I spent a lot of time in my own world, where I was curious, observant, and always seeking to make sense of the people around me. Growing up cross-culturally, with one parent who grew up in Germany and several of my own high school years spent in Berlin, I developed a lifelong fascination with how culture shapes us—how it influences how we express emotion, connect, and make meaning.

That experience shaped the rest of my life. It followed me through graduation, a patchwork of career explorations, and eventually a move to Chile, where I taught English, met my husband, and fell in love with the country’s slow rhythms of connection and community. Living there reminded me that healing doesn’t happen in isolation, it happens in relationship, with others and with the natural world.

My own healing has always been tied to movement, mindfulness, and curiosity. I began practicing yoga as a teenager, which led me into meditation and Buddhist study. Over time, this evolved into a deep interest in Ecopsychology—the understanding that we are nature, and that our well-being is inextricably linked to the earth around us.

Education

Languages have always been part of how I explore the world. I speak English and Spanish fluently, and can still piece together some German when I need to. It’s somewhat ironic, then, that what brought me to therapy for the first time was the need to fine-tune one very important language— that of emotion. For much of my early life, I didn’t have the words to express what I felt inside. My parents were loving and well-intentioned, but like many families, we didn’t have the language for emotions. I learned to achieve, adapt, and stay strong, but not necessarily to name what I was feeling.

When I returned to the United States for college, the culture I was supposed to call “home” felt unexpectedly foreign. Something in me knew I needed support, so I found my way to therapy. It took a few tries to find the right person, but when I finally did, I experienced what it meant to be seen without judgment or conditions. The defenses I had built up for years slowly gave way to clearer boundaries, deeper self-understanding, and a gentler way of being with myself.

Today, my work as a therapist integrates all of these influences:

• A respect for culture, lived experience, and diversity

• A belief in the wisdom of the body

• A reverence for nature as a partner in healing

• And a commitment to meeting people with warmth, humor, and honesty

I help clients who feel stuck, unseen, or disconnected—people who, like I once did, sense that something inside them is asking to be understood. My role isn’t to provide all the answers, but to help you find your own.

In our work together, I bring compassion, curiosity, and, oftentimes, even laughter. Healing doesn’t mean we erase pain; it means we learn how to carry it differently, to feel more alive and more ourselves.

Bachelors of Art’s Degree in Religious Studies from Reed College in Portland, Oregon.

Master of Science Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Prescott College in Prescott, Arizona.

Post Master Education Specialist Degree in Experiential Therapy from Prescott College in Prescott, Arizona.

EMDR Basic Training, Center for Excellence in EMDR Therapy

The Craft, Center for Excellence in EMDR Therapy; Advanced EMDR Training

Maryland License: LCPC 17079