Elizabeth Giele, LCSW, LICSW

New Mexico · 35 years in practice

Elizabeth Giele is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW and a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker - LICSW in New Mexico with 35 years of experience.

License and registration

LCSW, New Mexico: C-08888 · expires July 2026
LICSW, Massachusetts: 1021086 · expires August 2027
LICSW, Rhode Island: ISW02400 · expires May 2027
LCSW, Maine: LC14589 · expires December 2027
NPI: 1174934244 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 35
Languages: English

Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.

About Elizabeth

Elizabeth Giele is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW and a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker - LICSW in New Mexico with 35 years of experience. She greets people with calm and respect and listens without judgment. Her work centers on understanding what matters to each person and helping them take practical steps forward.

Her approach draws on existential perspectives that focus on meaning and life purpose. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, mindfulness, narrative ideas, and a client-centered stance to help people clarify values and make choices that fit their lives.

Background and approach

Sessions are conversational and grounded in real concerns. Elizabeth often helps people facing grief, serious illness, end-of-life questions, or major life changes. She also supports those coping with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, career questions, caregiver strain, and compassion fatigue.

She will talk through sleep and anger problems, self-esteem concerns, and issues related to intimacy and sexuality when they come up. Her practice includes coaching for personal and career growth alongside counseling for trauma, family of origin issues, and chronic health challenges.

She has particular experience with aging and geriatric concerns, hospice and palliative situations, caregiver stress, cancer, and chronic pain or illness. The emphasis is on building resilience and practical coping skills. People work with her to sort priorities, make values-based decisions, and strengthen day-to-day coping.

She offers video, phone, live chat, and text-based options to match different needs. Sessions follow a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Elizabeth lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Grief
Career difficulties
Coping with life changes
Compassion fatigue
LGBT
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Intimacy-related issues
Sleeping disorders
Anger management
Self esteem
Depression
Coaching
ADHD
Aging and geriatric issues
Cancer
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Codependency
Communication problems
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Forgiveness
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Money and financial issues
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Sexuality
Women's issues
Workplace issues

Approaches Elizabeth names

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Online support

Existential and Acceptance-based care online

Existential Therapy helps people name what matters most and confront life changes with clearer priorities. It focuses on meaning, responsibility, and choices when facing loss, illness, or transitions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches practical skills for accepting difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that reflect personal values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and chronic stress. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and aligning goals with the person's own values to build confidence and self-direction.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and preferences. Conversations about what helps and what feels comfortable guide whether sessions lean more toward existential reflection, ACT skills practice, or client-centered support.

Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues are helpful. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging provide flexible options for brief updates, journaling-style reflection, or when scheduling short blocks during a workday. These choices make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives while keeping the focus on meaning, values, and everyday coping.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does she address?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, caregiver strain, career questions, chronic illness, and related concerns such as sleep, anger, and self-esteem.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is warm and conversational, combining existential ideas about meaning with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, mindfulness, and client-centered listening to help people make values-based choices.

How much experience does she have?

She brings 35 years of clinical experience working with people across many life stages and challenges, including hospice, caregiving, and chronic illness contexts.

Where is she based and what are her credentials?

She practices in New Mexico and holds LCSW and LICSW credentials, listed as ME LCSW and MA LICSW in her documentation.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

People can meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.

How does pricing work?

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?

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