Young Adult Therapy, serving Westlake, SoCal, and Greater California
Therapy for Young Adults Navigating What’s Next
Expert support for the post-grad, quarter-life, "now what" years.
Everyone Keeps Asking "So, What's Next?" And You Wish You Knew
You graduated, or you're about to. You moved, or you moved back home and didn't expect to feel this behind. You're watching everyone else's life update in real time on your phone while yours feels like it's on pause, and some days the anxiety about all of it is loud enough that it's hard to enjoy anything you actually have.
This stage of life gets sold as exciting, but most of the time it's downright disorienting. The truth is, it's allowed to be both.
You might be here because:
Anxiety or low mood has started showing up more than it used to
A transition (school, a first job, your parents’ divorce, a move, a breakup) has knocked you off balance
Your family is changing shape and you're still figuring out where you fit in it
You're making big decisions about work, relationships, or where you live without a clear sense of what you really want
Patterns from your childhood keep showing up in your relationships now, and you'd like that to stop
None of that means you're behind. It usually means you're figuring out a version of adulthood nobody handed you a map for.
Hi, I'm Lilly Gibson, LMFT
Before opening my private practice, I spent years working with young adults in schools and community mental health settings. I quickly learned that this is the exact stretch of life where anxiety, identity, and big decisions all seem to show up at once. Young adulthood is territory I know well, not just from a textbook, but from sitting across from a lot of twenty-somethings figuring it out in real time.
Working together, we'll focus on:
Making sense of what you're feeling instead of just pushing through it
Building a steadier sense of identity outside of what's expected of you
Making decisions that feel like yours, not just the next default option
Setting boundaries with family, partners, and friends without the guilt spiral afterward
Cultivating tools for anxiety and overwhelm that hold up outside therapy sessions
You don't need a five-year plan to start. You just need one honest conversation about where you are today so you can take steps forward and build your tomorrow.
Young Adult Therapy FAQ
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Most therapists work with a broad range of ages and issues. My focus is narrower on purpose. Before opening my private practice, I spent years working specifically with young adults in schools and community mental health settings. That means when you're talking about feeling behind, or making a big decision, or untangling a family pattern, you're not explaining the context from scratch. I've spent my career in exactly this stretch of life with clients.
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Each therapy session is a private, confidential, one-on-one conversation, typically held weekly, though that can flex based on what you need. There's no set script. We'll spend time understanding what's going on for you, connecting it to bigger patterns when it's useful, and working toward whatever you're hoping to change. Some sessions are heavier conversation, some are more practical and tool-focused, depending on where you're at that week.
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Yes, both. In-person sessions are held in Westlake Village, and virtual sessions are available anywhere in California.
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I'm not in-network with any insurance providers, but I can provide a superbill you can submit for possible out-of-network reimbursement. I'd recommend checking with your provider first to see what your out-of-network benefits look like.
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Start with a [free 15-minute consult]. We'll talk through what's going on and figure out together whether this is the right fit before you book a full session.
Confidently Face Whatever Comes Next
There's no timeline you're supposed to be keeping pace with as a young adult.
Instead it’s time to commit to uncovering what you truly want, so you can stop white-knuckling your way through this chapter and start building a life that feels like yours.