Laura Athey-Lloyd, Psy.D.

Licensed Clinical Psychologist · Writer & Medical Reviewer, Bipolar Lives

Dr. Laura Athey-Lloyd is a licensed clinical psychologist and the owner of Reflection Psychological Services Group, with offices in Manhattan and Colorado. At Bipolar Lives she writes and reviews articles on relationships, family life, therapy and the emotional side of living with a mood disorder. That includes the conversations, patterns and choices that shape how people with bipolar disorder relate to the people they love.

Clinical background

Dr. Athey-Lloyd has been in clinical practice since earning her doctorate in 2012. She works with adults, teens and children on anxiety, depression, relationship and family conflict, life transitions, trauma and grief.

Her approach is relational and psychodynamic: she helps clients recognise patterns from early relationships that repeat in their adult lives. She works in a conversational, active style rather than a traditional analytic one, and focuses on how people feel and relate to others now. She also draws on internal family systems (IFS), cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT).

She founded a solo private practice in 2013 and expanded it into a group practice in 2021. She has served as adjunct faculty at Long Island University, supervising doctoral students in their clinical work. She also presents at conferences, leads webinars and writes on mental health topics.

Areas of expertise

• Relationships, attachment patterns and family conflict
• Anxiety and depression
• Trauma and grief
• Life transitions
• Psychodynamic therapy, IFS, CBT and DBT
• Therapy for adults, teens and children

Education and training

• Psy.D., Long Island University (C.W. Post), 2012
• M.S., Long Island University
• B.A., Tufts University
• Postdoctoral fellowship in adult psychodynamic psychotherapy, William Alanson White Institute, New York
• Postdoctoral fellowship in child and family therapy, Andrus Children’s Center, Westchester, New York

Licensure

• Licensed Psychologist, Colorado — Licence no. PSY.0006933·

Her role at Bipolar Lives

Dr. Athey-Lloyd writes and reviews articles in our Relationships, Bipolar Families, Therapy and Bipolar Depression sections, starting  June 2025.

As a reviewer, she checks articles for clinical accuracy, current evidence and respectful, stigma-free language. Articles about specific medications, doses or drug interactions are also reviewed by a prescribing clinician or pharmacist.

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