Elizabeth Giele, LCSW, LICSW - Therapist in New Mexico

About Elizabeth

Elizabeth Giele is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with more than 35 years of experience. She offers a listening, person-centered approach that focuses on clients' strengths and values. Elizabeth explains things plainly and helps people build confidence and practical skills to cope with major life changes and stress.

She uses mindfulness and insight-oriented techniques to help people notice what matters most. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas guide work on values and action.

Background and approach

Narrative and client-centered approaches help clients tell their story and find new meaning. Elizabeth has worked with people facing illness, grief, career shifts, caregiving challenges, and questions about identity and relationships. She also supports those dealing with compassion fatigue, sleep problems, anger, and low self-esteem.

Her background includes experience with aging and geriatric issues, chronic illness, cancer, and end-of-life concerns. Her style blends coaching with therapy when helpful, so sessions can focus on practical steps as well as emotional processing. She aims to improve resilience and day-to-day functioning.

Sessions move at a pace set by the client and focus on what will make life feel more manageable. Elizabeth is based in New Mexico and holds the credentials LCSW and LICSW. She offers care in English and brings decades of clinical work to each conversation.

If someone needs help coping with loss, major transitions, or long-term stress, she provides steady support and clear guidance.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Elizabeth draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take small steps toward what matters. ACT focuses on noticing thoughts and choosing actions that fit personal goals, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions.

She also uses Client-Centered Therapy to provide a respectful, nonjudgmental space. That approach emphasizes listening, empathy, and supporting the client’s own insights, which is useful for grief, identity questions, and relationship concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Elizabeth will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they review what helps and adjust the plan as progress or circumstances change.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. These options let people fit sessions into busy lives, maintain continuity during illness or caregiving, and choose the format that feels most comfortable. The variety of formats supports steady progress across different concerns and schedules.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Existential Therapy

Takes the larger questions seriously: meaning, choice, mortality, responsibility. Suited to periods when the difficulty is less a symptom than a sense that something has to change.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Elizabeth commonly address?

She helps with stress, anxiety, grief, career and life changes, compassion fatigue, LGBT concerns, relationship questions, trauma, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, depression, ADHD, and related issues.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her approach is person-centered and strengths-based. She combines mindfulness, acceptance-focused work, narrative techniques, and coaching to help people take meaningful steps.

How long has she practiced?

Elizabeth brings 35 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of life challenges and long-term stressors.

Where is she licensed and what are her credentials?

She is licensed in Maine as ME LCSW LC14589 and in Massachusetts as MA LICSW 1021086 and holds the credentials LCSW and LICSW. She is based in New Mexico for her practice listing.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What formats are available for sessions?

Elizabeth offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to meet different needs and schedules.

How are fees and payment handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Grief
Career difficulties

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 35 years
Licensed: New Mexico, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine
Languages: English

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