- Years in practice
- 20
- Credentials
- LPCC
- Licensed in
- New Mexico
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Chavez is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) with two decades of experience in mental health. She practices in New Mexico and brings a calm, straightforward approach to sessions. She speaks English and focuses on helping people manage stressful and painful moments in life.
Her background includes work in intensive psychiatric hospitals, correctional settings, substance treatment centers, and community counseling centers. That variety has shaped a flexible style that fits different needs.
Background and approach
She listens carefully and aims to meet each person where they are. In sessions she treats the meeting as a conversation. Clients talk about what matters to them and she helps identify strengths and small steps that can change day-to-day life.
Elizabeth uses practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and DBT alongside mindfulness and client-centered work. She helps people who are coping with anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, addiction, parenting strain, ADHD, and major life transitions. She also addresses concerns like self-esteem, intimacy-related issues, eating and sleep problems, anger, and compassion fatigue.
Her goal is to help people feel better now while building skills to stay more steady over time. The focus is on clear goals, useful strategies, and honest conversation about what is and isn’t working. Sessions adapt to each person’s needs and pace.
People who prefer a direct but warm therapist may find her style helpful. She combines years of varied clinical experience with simple, doable techniques to reduce distress and improve daily functioning.
What Elizabeth works with
Everything Elizabeth lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Elizabeth helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Elizabeth lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Elizabeth uses client-centered therapy to create conversations that focus on each person’s needs and values. This approach emphasizes listening, understanding, and working at the client’s pace to identify what matters and what small changes could help.She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. CBT provides clear, practical tools for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating issues, and for changing unhelpful patterns. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are used as well to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improved communication in stressful moments.
Deciding which approach to use happens together. She will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before, then try methods that fit the person and their situation. Adjustments are made as progress is tracked so the work stays relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and skill practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between sessions, share quick updates, or work through brief exercises without scheduling a full call. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep momentum between meetings.
Questions people ask about Elizabeth
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, parenting strain, ADHD, and related issues such as self-esteem, intimacy-related problems, eating and sleeping difficulties, and anger.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is person-centered and conversational. She uses practical techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy along with mindfulness and collaborative planning.
How much experience does she have?
She has 20 years of experience in the mental health field, including work in psychiatric hospitals, correctional settings, substance treatment centers, and community counseling centers.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She holds the credential LPCC, which stands for licensed professional clinical counselor, and practices in New Mexico.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How does the cost and scheduling work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time; to begin, use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability.
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