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
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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)
- 10+ years experience; headshot photo used as photo_url (livingdeliberate.com)
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
- Corroborates credentials, bio themes, contact info, and practice address (Building 6) (collectivecounselors.com)
practice booking page (SimplePractice)
- Booking URL for Living Deliberate / Celeste Benesch, matches practice address (celeste-benesch.clientsecure.me)
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
- Official Instagram handle for Living Deliberate practice (instagram.com)
practice Facebook
- Official Facebook page for Living Deliberate practice (facebook.com)