Elizabeth Giele, LCSW, LICSW

Elizabeth Giele is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who brings 35 years of practice to counseling and coaching. She greets people with calm attention and listens first to understand what matters most in their lives. Her approach aims to strengthen confidence and coping so people can face hard changes with more hope.

She centers sessions on the person and their strengths. That means listening without judgment, learning about values and goals, and using techniques that fit each person. Practical tools include mindfulness, life coaching ideas, narrative work that helps make sense of experience, and acceptance-based strategies to handle painful feelings.

Elizabeth often supports people through grief, serious illness, caregiver stress, and end-of-life concerns. She also helps with anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy questions, sleep problems, anger, and career transitions. Her work includes supporting LGBT issues, veterans and armed forces concerns, and people facing chronic pain or disability.

In sessions she blends insight-focused conversation with concrete coping skills. She aims to increase self-compassion and everyday resilience. People can expect a mix of reflective listening, practical steps, and attention to personal values.

Elizabeth practiced across multiple U.S. settings and now operates from New Mexico. She uses her clinical background to guide coaching and therapy. To begin, she asks about each person’s goals and adapts methods to match what helps most.

How her approaches shape online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and still move toward what matters to them, often by clarifying personal values and small actionable steps. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and respecting each person's pace so the conversation stays grounded in what the person wants to change. Mindfulness-based work teaches simple awareness practices and short exercises to reduce reactivity and improve sleep, anxiety, and stress management.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, values, and preferences and adjust methods as they learn what works. This collaborative stance means techniques can shift from session to session depending on needs and what feels most useful.

Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, and letting people join from a location that reduces distractions. It can be helpful for managing chronic illness, caregiver responsibilities, grief work, and ongoing anxiety because sessions can be scheduled around medical appointments and caregiving tasks.