Therapist profile
K. Elizabeth Garzarelli, LPC, LCMHC
Licensed counselor - Family and parenting focus
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- Stress and anxiety
- Grief and trauma
- Career and life changes
About K.
K. Elizabeth Garzarelli is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) with 33 years of experience in North Carolina. She focuses on stress, anxiety, self-esteem, career challenges, parenting concerns, grief, trauma and relationship issues. She also addresses compassion fatigue and intimacy-related matters.
Her work often helps people facing big life changes. This includes midlife transitions, workplace shifts, and caregiving strains. She pays attention to aging and geriatric issues, cancer-related adjustment, hospice and end-of-life concerns, and the isolation that can come with illness or loss.
K. Elizabeth uses client-centered and existential perspectives to guide sessions. That means she listens for what matters most to each person and asks direct questions about meaning, values, and choices. She also incorporates EMDR for trauma work and hypnotherapy where appropriate.
Sessions look at practical coping skills as well as longer-term questions about life purpose and self-love. She helps people sort through career decisions, relationship friction, and the emotional effects of caregiving. Work often combines talking and guided techniques aimed at reducing symptoms and improving daily functioning.
People who come for help can expect steady, plain-spoken conversation about their goals. To get started, visitors are asked to use the site’s matching process and schedule a first session. Sessions are offered in English and the cost varies by location; the subscription used can be canceled at any time.
How sessions work
How these approaches translate to online work
Client-centered therapy puts your concerns at the center of each session. The therapist listens, reflects, and helps you clarify goals and priorities so you can make practical changes. Existential therapy asks questions about meaning, values, and choices to help when life feels uncertain or emptied of purpose.EMDR is a trauma-focused method that uses guided attention and bilateral stimulation to process distressing memories. It is often used when past events continue to cause anxiety, flashbacks, or strong emotional reactions. Hypnotherapy can provide focused relaxation and suggestion work to address habits, stress responses, or specific symptoms when appropriate.
Finding the right method is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options, explain how each approach might help, and collaborate with the client to choose what fits their goals and comfort level. That conversation can change as progress is made.
Confirm the specific online session formats offered before booking, since the biography does not list them. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. They can also make planning around work, caregiving, or medical appointments simpler while still focusing on practical coping and long-term change.
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Experience
33+ years
Listed in
North Carolina, South Carolina
Languages
English
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Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, self-esteem, parenting worries, grief, trauma, relationship and career issues among other concerns listed in her profile.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style draws on client-centered and existential approaches, focusing on what matters to the person and on choices about meaning and values.
How much experience does she have?
She has 33 years of clinical experience working with adults through a wide range of life transitions and emotional challenges.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds LPC and LCMHC credentials and practices in North Carolina.
What languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through the site.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.