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SAbrina liu, ph.d.
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
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I am a licensed psychologist originally from the Northeast, where I obtained my undergraduate degree from Tufts University. I moved to California to pursue my Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and completed my APA-accredited doctoral internship at Harvard Medical School.
I have extensive experience conducting assessment and therapy with children, adults, families, and groups. I often work with people who have lived through difficult experiences and are seeking greater calm, steadiness, and emotional regulation. Many of my clients come from culturally diverse backgrounds and are making sense of who they are within the context of family, culture, and past experiences. Some are parents raising children while navigating their own healing, while others are balancing multiple identities, roles, and expectations. I also work closely with children and teens struggling with anxiety, stress, and emotional regulation.
In therapy, I explore the significant experiences that have shaped you and help identify patterns that may no longer be serving you, whether in how you think, relate to others, or care for yourself. From there, we build and practice more helpful ways of responding. My approach is warm, collaborative, and trauma-informed, with deep respect for your lived experience. I’m thoughtful about how identity, early experiences, and systemic factors influence the way people relate to themselves and the world around them. Grounded in doctoral training in clinical psychology, I integrate research, assessment, and evidence-based practices in a flexible, personalized way. Outside of my clinical practice, I’m a professor who teaches and conducts research on mental health and resilience, and a parent to young children. These roles keep me grounded in both the science and the lived reality of navigating life’s challenges.
I have extensive experience conducting assessment and therapy with children, adults, families, and groups. I often work with people who have lived through difficult experiences and are seeking greater calm, steadiness, and emotional regulation. Many of my clients come from culturally diverse backgrounds and are making sense of who they are within the context of family, culture, and past experiences. Some are parents raising children while navigating their own healing, while others are balancing multiple identities, roles, and expectations. I also work closely with children and teens struggling with anxiety, stress, and emotional regulation.
In therapy, I explore the significant experiences that have shaped you and help identify patterns that may no longer be serving you, whether in how you think, relate to others, or care for yourself. From there, we build and practice more helpful ways of responding. My approach is warm, collaborative, and trauma-informed, with deep respect for your lived experience. I’m thoughtful about how identity, early experiences, and systemic factors influence the way people relate to themselves and the world around them. Grounded in doctoral training in clinical psychology, I integrate research, assessment, and evidence-based practices in a flexible, personalized way. Outside of my clinical practice, I’m a professor who teaches and conducts research on mental health and resilience, and a parent to young children. These roles keep me grounded in both the science and the lived reality of navigating life’s challenges.