Works with
How Elizabeth works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPCC
- Licensed in
- New Mexico
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Chavez is a licensed professional clinical counselor with 20 years in the mental health field. She practices in New Mexico and brings experience from psychiatric hospitals, correctional settings, substance treatment centers, and community counseling programs. She often supports people coping with anger, stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and substance use.
Her style is grounded in a person-centered way of working. Sessions feel like a conversation where the therapist listens first and asks questions to understand what matters most to the client.
Background and approach
She focuses on practical tools people can use right away to feel more stable and in control. Elizabeth draws from approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy, and uses mindfulness and existential ideas when they fit. She aims to give clear strategies for managing difficult emotions, improving sleep and eating patterns, and handling relationship or parenting strains.
Her background across different treatment settings gives her perspective on crises, addiction, and complex trauma. That experience informs how she helps people make small, steady changes that add up over time. She also supports people facing grief, life transitions, identity concerns, and compassion fatigue.
When someone begins work with her, the first goal is to identify immediate priorities. From there she and the client build a plan together with steps that feel doable. The focus is on practical progress, one conversation at a time.
What Elizabeth works with
Everything Elizabeth lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Elizabeth's practice.
- 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.
How therapy approaches translate to online support
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person first. The therapist follows the client's lead, helping identify goals and building strategies that match the client's values and daily life. This approach is useful for people who want a collaborative, respectful pace.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. It teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, anger, and sleep or eating concerns. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, adds skills for managing strong emotions, tolerating distress, and improving relationships. Together these approaches give clear tools for coping and problem solving.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust the plan as needed. Clients often combine techniques from different approaches to match what works for them.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people keep visual connection and practice skills in-session, while phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, coaching between sessions, or for people who prefer not to use video. These options make scheduling easier and help therapy fit into busy lives.
Questions people ask about Elizabeth
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, depression, grief, anger, parenting challenges, sleep and eating issues, and related concerns.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is person-centered and conversational. She listens first, then offers practical tools and strategies tailored to each person's situation.
What is her clinical background?
She has 20 years of experience and has worked in intensive psychiatric hospitals, correctional facilities, substance treatment centers, and community counseling centers.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds the LPCC credential as a licensed professional clinical counselor and practices in New Mexico.
Which languages are offered 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 meets via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to give options that fit different schedules and needs.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.