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LCSW, LICSW

Elizabeth Giele, LCSW, LICSW

  • Experience35 years
  • LocationNew Mexico
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Grief
  • Therapy approachesAcceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Client-Centered Therapy
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About Elizabeth

Elizabeth Giele brings a person-centered, strengths-based approach informed by 35 years of clinical work. She draws on client-centered listening and mindfulness to help individuals clarify values, build resilience, and move toward goals in areas such as stress, anxiety, grief, career transitions, and ADHD.

Background and approach

Her training as an LCSW and LICSW supports a compassionate, practical style that blends insight-oriented reflection, life coaching, and cognitive-behavioral strategies. Her practice emphasizes working through losses, unexpected change, and caregiving challenges, with particular experience in grief, serious illness, hospice and end-of-life concerns, and compassion fatigue.

Elizabeth also addresses relationship and intimacy issues, family-of-origin patterns, communication difficulties, and concerns related to identity and LGBT topics. She integrates narrative and existential perspectives to help clients make sense of life purpose and midlife transitions, and offers assistance with chronic illness, caregiver stress, and vocational questions.

Located in New Mexico, Elizabeth frames therapy as a collaborative process focused on what the client values and hopes to achieve. She aims to increase self-compassion and practical coping skills while supporting meaningful change and improved well-being.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Elizabeth often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients clarify values and take committed action even when difficult thoughts or feelings are present; this approach is useful for stress, anxiety, and life changes. She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy, which prioritizes empathic listening and respecting each person's pace, helping clients explore concerns like relationships, self-esteem, and identity in a nonjudgmental environment. Narrative Therapy is another tool she uses to help people reframe their stories and separate problems from identity, which can be particularly helpful for grief, caregiving roles, and recovery from trauma.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Elizabeth treats this as a collaborative exploration. Together with the client she assesses needs, preferences, and goals, then adapts methods and interventions so the work feels relevant and practical for everyday life.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it possible to continue consistent work during transitions, manage caregiving obligations, or access support from a distance while maintaining a steady therapeutic relationship with licensed professionals.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Elizabeth commonly address?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, career and life changes, caregiver strain, chronic illness, and ADHD.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is person-centered and strengths-based, combining listening and validation with mindfulness, narrative, existential, and insight-oriented techniques to support practical change.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 35 years of professional experience providing counseling and coaching across many practice areas, including hospice and palliative care contexts.
What credentials and licensure does she hold?
She is licensed as an LCSW and a LICSW with credentials ME LCSW LC14589 and MA LICSW 1021086 and practices from New Mexico.
Can people who speak other languages work with her?
Services are provided in English; other language options are not listed.
Which session formats are available for online work?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.
What does therapy cost and how are sessions paid for?
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 a first session based on therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyGriefCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCompassion fatigue

Also works with

LGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersAnger managementSelf esteemDepressionCoachingADHD

Additional focus areas

Aging and geriatric issuesCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommunication problemsCoping with natural or human-caused disasterFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessHospice and end-of-life counselingIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)SexualityWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyExistential TherapyMindfulness TherapyNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapySystemic Therapy

Experience

35+ years

Licensed

New Mexico, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine

Languages

English

What Elizabeth can help with

Elizabeth Giele works with clients on stress and anxiety, grief, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue.

Elizabeth works with the diagnosis of a serious illness, the death of a loved one, divorce, and the loss of employment.

How Elizabeth approaches therapy

Elizabeth's clinical approaches include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Existential Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Somatic Therapy.

Experience and training

Elizabeth is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in New Mexico.