Lidia Atencio, LPCC
New Mexico · 16 years in practice
Lidia Atencio is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) in New Mexico with 16 years of experience.
License and registration
- LPCC, New Mexico
- CCMH0158221 · expires September 2026
- NPI
- 1962738054 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 16
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Lidia
Lidia Atencio is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) in New Mexico with 16 years of experience. She uses a warm, accepting style that focuses on meeting people where they are and helping them move toward workable goals. Her approach centers on Systemic therapy alongside acceptance-based and attachment-informed work.
Lidia emphasizes how relationships and patterns shape feelings and behaviors. She helps people notice those patterns and try new ways of interacting that fit their goals.
Background and approach
She works with a broad range of concerns. These include stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, intimacy-related issues, and parenting strain. She also supports people facing career challenges, ADHD, compassion fatigue, body image and eating concerns, sleep problems, and relationship communication difficulties.
Lidia blends practical strategies with a person-focused stance. She may use skills from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to build coping tools and behavior changes. Attachment-informed ideas guide work around trust, boundaries, and closeness.
Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented. She helps people set clear, achievable steps and checks in on progress as things change. People who want a respectful, nonjudgmental space to figure out next steps often find this approach helpful.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Lidia lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Lidia names
- Systemic Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Systemic therapy looks at how patterns between people and within systems affect day-to-day problems. Online sessions can examine communication cycles, roles, and routines and then test small changes in real life. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, clarify values, and take committed action. It pairs well with remote work because brief exercises and values-based homework can be practiced between sessions. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationships shape trust and connection. In online work this often becomes conversations about boundaries, expectations, and building new interaction habits.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to choose or blend methods based on their goals, life context, and what feels most useful. That collaborative process includes checking in and adjusting methods as progress is made.
Online formats offered include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deep conversation and reading nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick check-ins, shorter coaching-style support, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options add flexibility so therapy can fit into work breaks, caregiving schedules, or different time zones.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with many concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting strain, career challenges, ADHD, and body image or eating issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style emphasizes unconditional positive regard and a collaborative stance. She combines a systemic viewpoint with acceptance-based and cognitive-behavioral strategies to build skills and change patterns.
What experience does she bring?
She has 16 years of experience as a counselor and has worked with people facing trauma, emotional abuse, mood concerns, ADHD, OCD, PTSD, relationship problems, and parenting issues.
Where is she licensed and located?
She is an LPCC licensed in New Mexico and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should someone do to begin working with her?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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