- Person-centered approach
- CBT and DBT tools
- Twenty years experience
About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Chavez is an LPCC with over 20 years in behavioral health. She has worked in intensive psychiatric hospitals, correctional settings, substance treatment centers, and community counseling centers. Elizabeth meets people where they are and treats sessions as conversations focused on practical next steps.
Her work centers on helping people feel better now and build skills to stay stable over time. She listens for strengths, obstacles, hopes, and fears. Then she helps clients try tools that fit their life and goals.
Elizabeth uses a person-centered stance, which means she follows the client’s pace and priorities. She also draws on cognitive behavioral tools to address unhelpful thoughts and DBT skills to manage strong emotions. Mindfulness and existential ideas are woven in when they match the client’s needs.
Her background includes care in high-intensity and community settings, which shaped a practical, down-to-earth style. She focuses on making therapy useful and manageable rather than abstract.
People contact her for many concerns including depression, anxiety, trauma, substance use, grief, relationship struggles, and major life changes. She aims to help people find concrete ways to feel steadier, make different choices, and stay engaged in life.
To begin, clients answer a short questionnaire and schedule according to availability. Elizabeth works in New Mexico and offers sessions in English.
Her work centers on helping people feel better now and build skills to stay stable over time. She listens for strengths, obstacles, hopes, and fears. Then she helps clients try tools that fit their life and goals.
Elizabeth uses a person-centered stance, which means she follows the client’s pace and priorities. She also draws on cognitive behavioral tools to address unhelpful thoughts and DBT skills to manage strong emotions. Mindfulness and existential ideas are woven in when they match the client’s needs.
Her background includes care in high-intensity and community settings, which shaped a practical, down-to-earth style. She focuses on making therapy useful and manageable rather than abstract.
People contact her for many concerns including depression, anxiety, trauma, substance use, grief, relationship struggles, and major life changes. She aims to help people find concrete ways to feel steadier, make different choices, and stay engaged in life.
To begin, clients answer a short questionnaire and schedule according to availability. Elizabeth works in New Mexico and offers sessions in English.
This summary is based on the profile information listed on BetterHelp.