Moriah MacCleod, LPCC

Moriah MacCleod is an LPCC - Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in New Mexico with 31 years of professional experience. She works with people who are facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and life transitions. She also supports those dealing with ADHD, addictions, relationship and family concerns, grief, parenting strain, and low self-esteem.

She approaches sessions with the view that each person knows their own story. She looks for strengths clients already have and helps apply them to current problems. Sessions focus on practical steps and real-day challenges instead of jargon or tests.

Moriah draws from several evidence-informed methods. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients notice what matters and take values-based action. She applies Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. She also uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy and EMDR for work around attachment, trauma, and intense relational emotions.

People often come to her for issues tied to relationships and self-boundaries - patterns like people-pleasing, trouble saying no, or living around another person’s moods and crises. She helps people name those patterns and practices small changes the client can try between sessions.

Her approach is straightforward and collaborative. She will talk about goals, suggest concrete exercises, and check in about what is working. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.

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