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Allise Giesel is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) who works with couples and adults navigating relationship challenges, communication difficulties, and life transitions. She provides outpatient telehealth counseling through CLE Counseling and Wellness Center in Westlake, Ohio, serving clients in Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, and across Ohio.

Allise earned her Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Cleveland State University and has experience supporting both adolescents and adults across a range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship issues. She brings a thoughtful, collaborative approach to care that honors each person’s context, history, and goals.

Allise has training in the Gottman Method, an evidence-based approach to couples therapy that focuses on improving communication, managing conflict, and rebuilding connection. She helps couples better understand their interaction patterns, strengthen emotional intimacy, and develop practical tools to navigate challenges more effectively in their day-to-day lives.

In her individual work, Allise takes a narrative and strengths-based approach, helping clients explore the stories they have been told—or have come to believe about themselves—and how those stories shape their relationships, identity, and choices. She works collaboratively with clients to identify patterns, build insight, and create space for meaningful, sustainable change.

Allise has particular experience working with:
– Couples looking to improve communication, rebuild trust, or navigate conflict.
– Individuals exploring relationship patterns and attachment dynamics.
– Clients navigating anxiety, depression, or life transitions.
– Those working through the impact of past experiences on current relationships.

She brings a style that is open, collaborative, and direct, balancing warmth and humor with honest reflection and practical tools. Allise aims to create a space where clients feel comfortable being real, while also being supported in making changes that matter to them.

Outside of the office, Allise enjoys traveling, reading, hiking, and competitive powerlifting.

At a glance:
– Name: Allise Giesel, LPCC.
– Profession: Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor.
– Practice: CLE Counseling and Wellness Center (telehealth).
– Location: Based in Westlake, Ohio; provides telehealth across Ohio.
– Serves: Couples and adults in Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, and throughout Ohio via telehealth.
– Specialties: Couples therapy, communication, conflict, trust, relationship patterns, attachment dynamics, anxiety, depression, and life transitions.
– Therapy approaches: Gottman Method couples therapy, narrative therapy, strengths-based counseling, collaborative and direct feedback.

Who Allise helps:
Allise works primarily with couples who want to strengthen communication, rebuild trust, or navigate conflict, and with adults who are exploring how past experiences and relationship patterns shape their current lives. She may be a strong fit for individuals and partners who want therapy that is real, collaborative, and focused on both understanding and practical change.

Conditions and concerns addressed:
– Couple and relationship concerns, including communication, conflict, and trust.
– Attachment dynamics and relationship patterns.
– Anxiety and depression.
– Trauma-related impact on relationships and self-view.
– Life transitions and identity shifts affecting relationships and daily functioning.

Therapy approaches:
– Gottman Method couples therapy focused on communication, conflict management, and connection.
– Narrative therapy to explore and reshape personal and relational stories.
– Strengths-based, collaborative counseling.
– Direct, honest reflection balanced with warmth, humor, and practical tools.

What issues does Allise Giesel treat?
Allise Giesel works with couples and adults who are navigating communication difficulties, conflict, trust concerns, relationship patterns, attachment dynamics, anxiety, depression, trauma, and life transitions.

What type of therapy does Allise Giesel use?
Allise uses the Gottman Method for couples therapy and a narrative, strengths-based approach in individual work, helping clients understand interaction patterns, explore personal and relational stories, and develop practical tools for change.

Who is a good fit to work with Allise?
Allise may be a good fit for couples who want to improve communication and connection, and for adults who are exploring how their relationship patterns, attachment dynamics, and past experiences influence their current life and choices.

Does Allise Giesel offer telehealth in Ohio?
Yes. Allise provides telehealth counseling through CLE Counseling and Wellness Center, serving couples and adults located throughout Ohio.

Where is Allise Giesel’s counseling practice based?
Allise practices with CLE Counseling and Wellness Center in Westlake, Ohio, and offers telehealth sessions to clients in Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, and across the state.

What can clients expect in therapy with Allise?
Clients can expect a space that is open, collaborative, and direct, where they can be honest about their experiences and relationships, receive clear feedback, and work with Allise to build insight and practical tools for meaningful change.