About
Cyd Taylor's path into relational work emerged through years of creative practice and close, trust-based collaboration with clients.
Before graduate training in social work, Cyd worked as a sculptor and later as a tradesworker in New York City. She founded and ran a design-build company, Cyd Taylor Projects, guiding clients through full residential renovations across Brooklyn. The work was deeply relational. Clients were placing their homes, resources, and long-held visions into her care.
Cyd often described her role as "protecting the vision." That meant listening closely, translating ideas into form, and staying anchored to what mattered most to clients as inevitable challenges arose. Over time, she recognized that the most meaningful part of the work was not the building itself, but the trust formed through sustained relationships, careful attention, and shared problem-solving. Without this trust, the vision could not be realized.
This led her to pivot toward work centered explicitly on relationships. Today, that same commitment to stewardship, presence, and helping others stay connected to their values continues to shape how she works with clients.
Current Work
Cyd is completing a Master of Social Work with a mental health concentration. She has received training across both clinical and community-based settings, working as a one-on-one clinician and within organizations supporting individuals navigating the carceral system.
She is trained as a yoga teacher and maintains a long-time practice of yoga and meditation. Through sustained personal practice, she has developed a grounded understanding of how embodied practices support mood regulation, nervous system steadiness, and emotional resilience.
Cyd currently offers coaching and group facilitation from the home she renovated herself in Fort Greene, Brooklyn—a beautiful space overlooking Fort Greene Park.