Therapist profile
Elizabeth Chavez, LPCC
New Mexico
Licensed counselor - trauma and addictions
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- Credentials
- LPCC
- License
- LPCC, New Mexico / CCMH0195581
- NPI
- 1346338027
- Experience
- 20 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- New Mexico
About
- CBT
- DBT
- Mindfulness
About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Chavez is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) in New Mexico with 20 years in the mental health field. She has worked in intensive psychiatric hospitals, correctional settings, substance treatment centers, and community counseling centers. Elizabeth focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, depression, and relationship or intimacy-related issues.
She approaches sessions as a conversation. Elizabeth uses a person-centered stance that starts with listening to what matters to the client. She asks about needs, wants, strengths, obstacles, and practical goals. From there she mixes conversation with specific skills and strategies to help people manage symptoms and make steady changes.
In practice she draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness exercises, and client-centered methods. That means sessions often include tracking thoughts and behaviors, learning coping skills, practicing emotion regulation, and building awareness through mindful practices. Elizabeth also brings experience from working with substance use and crisis settings into how she plans care.
People turn to her for help with grief, life transitions, self-esteem, sleep or eating struggles, ADHD-related concerns, and codependency patterns. She pays attention to what a person can do between sessions and offers tools that aim to fit into daily life. Conversations are direct and focused on what helps in the short term and what supports longer-term stability.
Elizabeth works in New Mexico and conducts sessions in English. Before booking, readers should confirm current session options and formats with her through the intake flow.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Elizabeth commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) in her work. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and helping clients clarify their own goals and values through open conversation. CBT looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and teaches practical steps to change unhelpful patterns. DBT offers skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening interpersonal effectiveness.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Elizabeth will talk with the client about goals, challenges, and what methods feel most useful. Together they decide which strategies to try and adjust the plan as progress is made or priorities shift.
The biography does not specify which online session formats are used, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example a shorter check-in during a lunch break, or choosing a session type that does not require high bandwidth. It also allows consistent access to skill practice and weekly planning without the need to travel. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT and DBT exercises for discussion, worksheets, and mindfulness practices in remote sessions to support everyday change.
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Experience
20+ years
Listed in
New Mexico
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, depression, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, codependency, and related issues listed in her profile.
What is her general approach in sessions?
Elizabeth uses a person-centered conversation style combined with practical methods like CBT, DBT, and mindfulness to teach skills and support change.
How much experience does she have?
She has 20 years of experience in mental health, including work in psychiatric hospitals, correctional settings, substance treatment centers, and community counseling centers.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is an LPCC - a licensed professional clinical counselor - practicing in New Mexico.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
The biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to see her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through that process.
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