insight-oriented therapy for adults in walnut Creek
Morgan Lloyd, LCSW
Helping you see and shift the patterns that shape your life
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Meet Morgan Lloyd, LCSW
I’m Morgan Lloyd, LCSW, a licensed clinical social worker in Walnut Creek, California. I’ve been practicing for over 15 years, working with adults and couples who want to understand themselves and their relationships more deeply. I bring warmth, curiosity, and honesty to therapy, and I like to mix thoughtful reflection with a candid, sometimes wry sense of humor — because serious work doesn’t have to feel stiff.
I’m drawn to helping people explore their inner lives and connections with others in a way that’s safe, engaging, and human. My approach is collaborative: I listen carefully, ask questions that make you think, and support you in discovering insights that can actually change how you experience yourself and your relationships.
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Issues I work with
People come to therapy for many reasons, often when something in life starts feeling confusing, frustrating, or just… sticky.
Common areas I work with include:
Men’s & Women’s Emotional Health
Each link leads to more detail about how therapy can help with that area — giving you a clearer sense of what to expect and how we can work together.
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My Approach
I help people understand what’s happening beneath the surface of their thoughts, emotions, and relationships. Together, we pay close attention to feelings, behaviors, and the subtle patterns that shape how you experience yourself and others.
I aim to create a space that is safe, honest, and intellectually engaging — a place where you can make sense of your experiences, feel more grounded and connected, and begin to see familiar problems from new angles. Over time, this often opens up new ways of thinking and responding, making change feel more possible and less forced.
The goal isn’t to “fix” you. It’s to develop clarity, insight, and a deeper understanding of yourself and your relationships — in a way that feels real, human, and quietly meaningful.
A Depth-Oriented Approach to Therapy
MOrgan Lloyd | Therapist in Walnut Creek, CA
Many people come to therapy feeling stuck — noticing the same relationship patterns, repeating arguments, or feelings that keep pulling them in directions they don’t want to go. My work is grounded in psychodynamic therapy, a reflective approach that helps you slow down and explore what’s happening beneath the surface.
Therapy is a collaborative process. Together, we pay attention to patterns that show up over time — in your relationships, your habits, and even in our work together — to understand how past experiences shape your present choices. This exploration can help you recognize old habits, respond differently, and approach your emotions and relationships with more clarity and ease.
The short video above and my blog offers a sense of how I think about therapy. If you’d like to get a feel for the space, you can take a Google Street View tour of my Walnut Creek office.
👉 Take a virtual tour of my Walnut Creek therapy office
What People Come to Therapy For:
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Insight-oriented therapy for understanding and shifting recurring patterns in relationships — with partners, family, friends, or work dynamics
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Thoughtful and reflective support for processing loss, sadness, and the emotional complexities that accompany grief.
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Therapy focused on understanding how trauma and past harmful experiences continue to shape emotions, relationships, and self-perception.
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Psychodynamic support tailored to women’s experiences — including career pressure, identity shifts, relationships, and life transitions.
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Therapy for men navigating stress, emotional isolation, burnout, work demands, relationships, and life transitions.
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Insight-oriented work that helps uncover emotional and relational patterns connected to addictive behaviors and substance use.
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A space to explore how personal identity and cultural background influence self-understanding, relationships, and emotional life
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Supportive psychodynamic therapy to explore the emotional, relational, and unconscious patterns behind anxiety and mood struggles.
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Insights and reflections on therapy, relationships, anxiety, grief, trauma, and identity.