Liberty Lillibridge Psy.D. (He/Him) JOINING SOON!

I am a postdoctoral fellow at Bryant West Psychology who has training and experience working with adults from diverse backgrounds and lived experiences. I specialize in life transitions, adjustment difficulties, men’s issues, identity development, spiritual issues, perfectionism, relational difficulties, and Asian/Multiracial mental health. Life is full of challenges that are often hard to manage on one’s own. I am here as both a fellow traveler and trained professional to help.

Engaging in therapy is a vulnerable and often uncomfortable process. My hope is that we can create a warm and supportive and safe environment where we can begin to explore difficult emotions and even the most painful of lived experiences. My wish is that you feel secure enough to speak openly and honestly about the feelings and situations at the forefront of your mind, including those regarding our relationship. As we engage with this process, I will listen attentively and explore whatever is coming up for you. I will also empathically share reflections about what I am hearing and bring attention to potential realities that may be outside of your immediate awareness. Over the course of therapy, we will work on compassionately holding accountability as well as a deep respect for our shared, both wondrous and at times painfully flawed humanity. I hope to help you identify and come to better understand those values that you hold as most important to you to help guide your path into the future.

My therapeutic approach is primarily psychodynamic/psychoanalytic. However, I adjust my approach using tools from other evidence-based approaches, such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Narrative Therapy, to fit the unique needs of my clients. In my eyes, the core of the therapeutic process is the exploration of your internal world within a warm and reflective environment that has the potential to activate increased self-awareness and instill newfound agency. I also value the importance of working through and uncovering unhelpful patterns that emerge from how you historically relate with yourself, others, and your environments. By attuning to and challenging these recurring patterns, you can begin to have a fuller understanding of yourself and improve the quality of your relationship with the important people in your life. I hope that as you engage with this process, you will be able to have increased self-compassion, satisfaction in work/play, and psychological flexibility. Throughout this process, I will be focusing on your exploratory process, the relational dynamics that unfold before us, and your reasons for coming to therapy.

I earned my doctoral degree at George Fox University and completed my internship training at the Stony Brook University Counseling Center. My work typically involves walking with clients seeking to better understand themselves, others, and difficult life experiences.