Elizabeth Pfeffer

Hi, I'm Liz Pfeffer, a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with over 25 years of experience in education as a teacher, counselor, and Dean of Students. My extensive background in schools gives me a deep understanding of the unique pressures, transitions, and developmental challenges that adolescents and adults navigate today.

In my practice, I work with teens, young adults, and adult women—especially those who look capable on the outside but feel anxious, overwhelmed, or emotionally drained beneath the surface. My approach is collaborative, warm, and grounded in the belief that you are the expert on your own life. I earned my MA in Counseling from New Mexico Highlands University, and I am fully bilingual in English and Spanish.

I believe you are the expert on your own life. My role is to help you access the insight and wisdom you already carry. Together, we look beneath surface-level symptoms to understand the deeper patterns that keep you feeling stuck or emotionally drained. Rather than pushing those patterns away, we get curious about them: exploring their origins so you can respond with greater self-compassion and clarity.

I also believe real, lasting change engages the whole person, not just the mind. That means paying attention to how the body holds stress and patterns, and supporting you in exploring practices, whether physical, contemplative, or spiritual in whatever form fits you, that help ground and sustain the changes we work toward. My approach is collaborative and works at your pace, with sessions structured around direction and intention rather than open-ended venting.

Your first session is about getting to know you and starting to build a foundation of trust. We'll go through a biopsychosocial intake together, giving me a full picture of your history, current life, and what's brought you to therapy now. From there, we'll talk about your goals: what you're hoping will feel different, and what progress might look like for you.

Just as important as the information we gather is the relationship we begin building. My goal for our first session is for you to leave feeling heard, understood, and hopeful, with a clearer sense that real improvement is possible and that we have a genuine starting point for working toward it together.

If this sounds like a good fit, feel free to select a time on my calendar to schedule an initial session.