K. Elizabeth Garzarelli, LPC, LCMHC

K. Elizabeth Garzarelli is a licensed counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, career strain, grief, and relationship concerns. She brings 33 years of experience and focuses on practical steps that make daily life easier. She works with people who are navigating big life changes and those seeking clearer purpose or stronger self-esteem.

Her style is warm and collaborative. Sessions explore what matters most to the client and build tools for coping and decision making. She uses talk-based methods alongside approaches that can address trauma and deep emotional patterns.

Garzarelli often supports people managing caregiver stress, cancer-related transitions, aging and geriatric issues, and hospice and end-of-life concerns. She also helps with workplace issues, compassion fatigue, and isolation or loneliness. Clients may bring concerns about intimacy, parenting, or midlife crises and find focused guidance for those situations.

Her approaches include client-centered work that follows the client’s pace, existential ideas that look at meaning and choice, EMDR for trauma-related memories, and hypnotherapy for shifting unhelpful patterns. These are used to tailor care to each person’s needs.

Sessions occur in North Carolina and are delivered in English. Garzarelli describes her role as walking alongside clients, helping them build resilience and practical strategies to move forward.

How these approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and following the client’s lead. Online sessions using this approach focus on the client’s goals and on building practical coping skills that fit everyday life.

Existential Therapy looks at meaning, values, and choices. When used in remote sessions it often helps people clarify priorities during big transitions and make decisions that feel more authentic.

EMDR addresses distressing memories or trauma-related reactions through guided techniques. In a therapy relationship this can reduce the power of painful memories and lessen symptoms that interfere with daily functioning.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods to try based on goals, comfort level, and how symptoms present. That decision can shift over time as needs change.

Confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week and reduce travel time. It also lets people choose shorter check-ins or longer sessions depending on what works best for their schedule and energy.