"Cyndi" Cynthia Oberdan

“Cyndi” Cynthia Oberdan is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Florida with nine years of clinical experience. She holds clinical social work licenses in both Florida and Maine, and she completed a Bachelor’s degree in Recreational Therapy at the University of Florida in 2006 followed by a Master of Social Work from Adelphi University in 2013.

Her work spans a range of settings. Early in her career she supported individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities and their families, operating a family respite program and later managing a Community Habilitation program that helped people ages 13 to 60+ pursue goals from basic life skills to academic and coping skills while strengthening social connections.

Cyndi’s experience also includes child welfare work as a Child Protective Investigator, where she investigated allegations of abuse and neglect and prioritized child safety. She has served as a medical social worker in hospital and outpatient clinic settings as well as in the Emergency Department, providing crisis intervention, case management, and counseling for patients coping with trauma, adjustment disorder, and grief.

She applies an eclectic, client-centered approach, drawing on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and Mindfulness to meet each person’s needs. Cyndi works with concerns such as family conflicts, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, ADHD, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, depression, and coaching.