Celeste Benesch, Licensed Professional Counselor in Gilbert, AZ — therapist at ThriveTalk

Celeste Benesch

Licensed Professional Counselor

11 yrs experience

Updated August 14, 2026 How we verify

About

Celeste Benesch, MC, LPC is the founder of Living Deliberate, a trauma and marriage counseling practice in Gilbert, AZ. She uses a mind-body, holistic approach — including EMDR, DBT, and Emotionally Focused Therapy — to help clients regulate the nervous system, heal past trauma, and build balanced, connected relationships.

Services

  • Trauma and PTSD
  • Anxiety
  • Relationship Issues
  • Sexual abuse
  • Childhood abuse/neglect
  • Body image
  • Codependency
  • Coping skills
  • Depression
  • Family conflict
  • Grief
  • Infidelity
  • Life transitions
  • Marital/premarital issues
  • Mood disorders
  • OCD
  • Parenting
  • Peer relationships
  • Self-esteem
  • Self-harm
  • Sleep/insomnia
  • Stress
  • Postpartum issues
  • Attachment-based
  • Compassion Focused Therapy
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • EMDR
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
  • Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
  • Somatic Therapy
  • Trauma-Focused Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

State licenses

  • Arizona · License #LPC-16909 · LPC Active

Reputation

What clients praise

  • Clients feel safe and understood from the first session
  • Improved emotional regulation and self-esteem
  • Stronger family and marital relationships
  • Trauma processing described as transformative

Sources

The facts on this page are drawn from 10 public sources and independently fact-checked before publication.

Psychology Today directory

  • Identity anchor: full name, credentials (LPC, MC), Gilbert AZ location, phone, specialties, modalities, populations, fees, session formats, 11 years in practice, license number LPC-16909 (psychologytoday.com)

provider website (Living Deliberate)

  • Practice name, bio, credentials, trainings (EMDR/DBT/EFT/psychedelic-assisted therapy cert), contact email, address, social links (livingdeliberate.com)

provider website (Living Deliberate team page)

NPPES registry

  • NPI 1346620077, active enumeration since 2015-06-08 (last updated 2022-08-18), taxonomy Counselor / Counselor Mental Health, secondary taxonomy license LPC-16909 Arizona — cross-verifies the PT-listed license number (npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov)

Healthgrades directory

  • Education: BYU (undergraduate), University of Phoenix (Master's in Clinical Mental Health Counseling); no ratings/reviews on file (healthgrades.com)

CollectiveCounselors directory

practice booking page (SimplePractice)

provider website (testimonials page)

  • Client testimonials themes (safety, emotional growth, relationship improvement, trauma processing) — self-hosted, not an independent review platform (livingdeliberate.com)

practice Instagram

practice Facebook

  • Official Facebook page for Living Deliberate practice (facebook.com)
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