About me

Clinical Psychologist | Director of Clinical Training |Former College Athlete | Longtime Buddhist Practitioner

More Than a Psychologist
‍I’m Dr. Broderick Sawyer—a clinical psychologist, Director of Clinical Training at Loyola University Chicago, former college basketball player, and longtime student of Buddhist practice and energy-based healing traditions. My work isn’t just a set of techniques or frameworks. It’s the lived integration of everything I’ve studied, practiced, and embodied over the past decade and a half—from trauma-informed psychology, to mindfulness and meditation, to liberation-based healing, to the skill-building mindset that comes from years of competitive athletics. 

‍My Core Belief: Healing Is a Skill—Skills Can Be Learned
‍As a former college basketball player, I learned early that progress isn’t about talent or willpower alone.
It’s about breaking big goals into small, achievable skills, practicing them consistently, and learning how to self-regulate through every challenge along the way. That’s the lens I bring to healing work. Whether you’re working with trauma, stress, racial identity wounds, or burnout, the gap between where you are and where you want to be is often a skill gap—not a personal flaw.

‍Together, we build the skills:
Emotional regulation.
Nervous system calming.
Cognitive flexibility.
Boundary-setting.
Identity empowerment. 

‍A Decade of Buddhist Study—Integrated Into Every Professional Interaction
‍For over 10 years, I’ve practiced Buddhist meditation and contemplative inquiry, exploring how attention, compassion, and present-moment awareness can transform both suffering and identity. This isn’t about surface-level mindfulness or generic stress reduction.
It’s about understanding the deeper layers of how your mind works, how suffering arises and dissolves, and how to create new patterns that align with your values. Clients and audiences often describe my style as calm, clear, and deeply attuned—but also practical and results-focused. My model of *Applied* Liberation Psychology reflects the depth of my personal practice, my sense of practicality, and my desire to make deep transformation accessible to the masses.

‍Beyond Any One Method
‍My work is not just clinical psychology, not just mindfulness, not just liberation-based healing, and not just energy or nervous system work.
It’s an amalgamation of everything I’ve studied and lived—offered with care, precision, and the intention to help individuals and organizations reduce suffering and increase well-being in real, measurable ways. 

‍How I Can Support You
‍Whether through 1:1 therapy, organizational consulting, public speaking, or free self-guided tools, my goal is the same: To help people reconnect with their nervous systems, reclaim their emotional agency, and move toward liberation—in whatever way that looks for them. 
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