Lidia Atencio
Compassionate counselor guiding practical change
LPCC New Mexico
- Experience
- 16 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Lidia
Lidia Atencio is a licensed professional clinical counselor with 16 years of experience in New Mexico. She uses a supportive, person-centered approach that focuses on respect and acceptance.
Background and approach
Lidia aims to help people set clear goals and take practical steps toward change. She brings experience helping people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addiction concerns, and grief.
She also addresses relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting struggles, sleep and eating problems, and challenges connected to ADHD and bipolar disorder. Additional focus areas include attachment issues, body image, caregiving stress, chronic health concerns, and communication problems.
Lidia draws on several therapeutic approaches depending on what a person needs. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take action despite difficult thoughts.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy guides practical skill-building to change unhelpful thinking and behaviors. The Gottman Method informs her work around relationships and communication patterns.
Her style is grounded in unconditional positive regard, which means she listens without judging and supports people where they are. Sessions are collaborative - she helps clients set goals and choose steps that feel manageable.
People can expect a calm, compassionate space to talk through what matters and work toward realistic changes. Lidia offers care in English and accepts clients from outside the United States.
Her experience spans many life stages and concerns, and she adapts tools to each person’s needs. If someone is ready to begin, she helps them turn intentions into a plan.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Lidia uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify what matters to them and take committed action even when thoughts or feelings are hard. ACT emphasizes values-based goals and practical steps that fit each person’s life.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify patterns of thought and behavior that cause distress and to teach skills that change those patterns. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating issues, and many everyday challenges.
The Gottman Method informs her work when communication and relationship patterns are involved, offering tools to improve interactions and manage conflict in measurable ways.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. She will listen to your goals and try methods that match your needs, adjusting as you progress. Together you’ll choose approaches and exercises that feel useful and realistic.
Online therapy offers flexibility. Video calls let you work face-to-face from different locations, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a busy day, and live chat or text messaging allow brief check-ins and ongoing support between sessions. These options help people keep therapy consistent around work, family, or travel.
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Experience
16+ years
Licensed in
New Mexico
Languages
English