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Welcome! My hope for our work together is that you can begin to process and engage the pain that we so often don’t want to make space for. Instead of ignoring or pathologizing whatever has gotten you stuck, we will explore ways to honor and grow from these realities. I am often asking clients to slow down and pay attention to where grief is emerging. You will find more information about my practice and areas of focus below.

  • "May we be slower than speed could calculate, and swifter than the pull of the gravity of words can incarcerate. And may we be visited so thoroughly, and met in wild places so overwhelmingly, that we are left undone. Ready for composting. Ready for the impossible."

    Bayo Akomolafe

Lucas Peiser, MA, LMHC, LPCC

My work has taught me that change is possible even if it is not always the easiest. To be human is to change. My time spent in other countries has also shown me that human expression is varied and beautiful. We also don’t have to heal alone. I have experienced that true healing happens in community, both with other humans and the rest of the natural world. And as Martin Shaw says, “human beings are made.” This process takes time and requires so much in order to become what one is supposed to become. I trust that the relationship built in therapy can be a helpful step in the process.

I hold a M.A. in Counseling Psychology from The Seattle School. I have worked in multiple settings including community mental health with children, families, and individuals. I hold licenses and see clients both in Washington State and New Mexico.

I currently reside in Albuquerque, NM with my family. I enjoy time in the mountains, hiking and running, gardening, and baking.

“The most important thing each of us can know is our unique gift and how to use it in the world. Individuality is cherished and nurtured, because in order for the whole to flourish, each of us has to be strong in who we are and carry our gifts with conviction, so they can be shared with others.”

- Robin Wall Kimmerer

  • What I often work with

    Anxiety

    Grief

    Trauma

    Depression

    Spiritual Questions

    Climate Grief

    Stress

    Addiction

    Life Transitions

  • Therapeutic Methods

    Attachment-based

    Culturally Sensitive

    Ecopsychology

    Existential

    Internal Family Systems (IFS)

    Liberation Psychology

    Jungian

    Narrative

    Psychodynamic/Depth

    Somatic

    Transpersonal

    Trauma Focused

  • Goals that I have for our work

    The ability to tolerate ambiguity and uncertainty

    A greater emotional range

    Growth toward interdependence

    Healthy sense of self

    Increased compassion

    More capacity for both grief and joy

    Awareness around larger systems

    Deeper knowledge of intuition and body

“The heart that breaks open can contain the whole universe.”
— Joanna Macy

Contact & Location:

Phone: (206)-603-6500; (505) 657-8034

Email: lucaspeiser@proton.me

2501 Rio Grande Blvd NW Ste A, Albuquerque, NM 87104

I see clients in person at the Align Therapy Center or online. Feel free to either email me or call my number to set up an appointment.