Welcome to Sydney Turcotte
Writer • Content Creator • Coach • Mental Health Advocate • Addiction Recovery Advocate
I create content relating to dysfunctional family systems, trauma, grief, accountability, emotional healing, and rebuilding after abuse.
After overcoming two decades of alcoholism, surviving family scapegoating, and rebuilding after burnout my work focuses on helping people understand the roots of pain and heal through emotional process rather than avoidance.
Find my work on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Substack.
Current Projects
📖 The Masks of Mississippi — upcoming book
📝 Essays & healing work on Substack.com
🎥 Trauma & healing education— Social media links below
🧠 DADS / Understanding Human Behavior — a developing emotional healing framework with Dr. Arturo Parra exploring Development, Adaptation, Dysfunction, and Shift.
If you are ready to move beyond coping and begin deeper emotional work, coaching may be a good fit.
My work focuses on root causes, emotional processing, grief, identity, dysfunctional family systems, accountability, and rebuilding after trauma and abuse.
This is not surface-level coaching.
This is not about avoiding emotions, endlessly managing symptoms, or collecting insight without change.
This work is for people who want to understand why they feel the way they do, process unresolved pain, and move toward meaningful healing.
Because of the nature of this work, coaching is best suited for people who:
✓ Are open to accountability
✓ Want root-cause exploration rather than symptom management alone
✓ Are willing to examine painful experiences and patterns
✓ Are interested in emotional processing, grief work, and deeper healing
This work may not be a fit for individuals looking only for coping strategies, external validation, or quick answers.
Please note:
I am not a licensed therapist and coaching is not therapy, medical treatment, crisis support, diagnosis, or medical advice.
My work is informed by lived experience, emotional healing, recovery, and years of deep personal healing work involving trauma, grief, family systems, and addiction recovery.
If you are experiencing active crisis, suicidal thoughts, psychosis, severe substance use concerns, or require clinical care, please seek licensed support or emergency services by calling 911 or 988.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the cost of coaching?
Virtual sessions are currently $65 per hour.
What type of coaching do you offer?
My work focuses on trauma, dysfunctional family systems, grief, emotional processing, accountability, identity, and root-cause healing.
This work is designed to help people understand the deeper causes beneath symptoms and patterns rather than only focusing on symptom management.
Is this therapy?
No. I am not a licensed therapist and coaching is not therapy, diagnosis, crisis support, or medical treatment.
This work is educational, reflective, and coaching-based.
Who is this work for?
This work is best suited for people who are open to accountability, emotional exploration, grief work, and deeper healing.
Who is this work NOT for?
This may not be the right fit for people seeking quick fixes, surface-level coaching, external validation, or who are unwilling to explore difficult emotions and patterns.
Do you work with survivors of family abuse, scapegoating, narcissistic abuse, domestic violence, addiction, and trauma?
Yes. My work is informed by lived experience involving family scapegoating, trauma recovery, estrangement, grief, and overcoming two decades of alcoholism.
What approach do you use?
My work emphasizes root-cause exploration, emotional processing, grief, accountability, and rebuilding after trauma.
Topics may include family systems, attachment injuries, identity, emotional process, grief work, and meaning reconstruction.
Do you offer coping skills?
Coping can be discussed when needed, but my work focuses primarily on deeper emotional process and understanding root causes.
How long does healing take?
Healing timelines vary but clients can save years when compared with traditional therapy, especially if they are willing to do the work.
My goal is not endless coaching. The goal is understanding, emotional process, and meaningful change.
Media & Collaborations
Featured on Dr. Ramani Durvasula
Collaboration with Dr. Arturo Parra
Social media
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