Elizabeth Giele, LCSW, LICSW

Elizabeth Giele is a licensed clinical social worker with 35 years of experience helping people navigate stress, grief, career transitions, relationship challenges, trauma, and caregiving demands. She brings a strengths-based, person-centered approach that prioritizes listening without judgment and learning from each person about their values, hopes, and what matters most to them. She holds LCSW and LICSW credentials, which denote advanced licensure in clinical social work and training to provide professional therapeutic services.

Her practice combines mindful awareness, life coaching techniques, and insight-oriented methods alongside practical strategies to bolster resilience, self-compassion, and everyday coping skills. Elizabeth addresses losses and major life changes whether those arise from illness, bereavement, divorce, job loss, questions about sexuality and relationships, or the challenges of caring for aging family members. She also works with concerns such as compassion fatigue, caregiver stress, career development, and LGBTQ+ issues.

Elizabeth emphasizes collaboration and respect for each person s spiritual and cultural background while helping clients clarify goals and build confidence. She supports people through grief, serious illness, end-of-life concerns, and long-term caregiving, aiming to strengthen well-being and promote more authentic, empowered living. She welcomes the opportunity to work side-by-side with clients to enhance their health, resilience, and sense of purpose.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Elizabeth Giele often integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help clients clarify their values, accept difficult thoughts or feelings, and take meaningful steps toward a life they value. ACT can be useful for anxiety, stress, and decisions about life direction. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which emphasizes empathic listening and supports clients in finding their own solutions by honoring individual strengths and priorities. In addition, Mindfulness Therapy is woven into sessions to build present-moment awareness and practical tools for managing stress, grief, and emotional reactivity.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Elizabeth works collaboratively with each person to identify methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting strategies over time so therapy remains relevant and effective for the client.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, manage mobility or caregiving constraints, and maintain continuity of care across life transitions. These options support ongoing work on coping skills, grief, career planning, and relationship concerns with licensed professionals who tailor care to each person s situation.