"Ask me to show you poetry in motion, and I will show you a horse."
-Author Unknown
Biography
Dr. Liza Auciello has had an incredible career as a licensed clinical health psychologist, leadership coach, and executive. For 20 years, she shared her time with two Los Angeles-based organizations, Children’s Institute and A Thousand Joys, starting as a staff psychologist and advancing to roles as Director, Vice President, and CEO.
Now, Liza has a private practice where she focuses on her greatest passions—therapy, leadership coaching, and personal growth facilitation. She provides online therapy in California and New York, as well as in-person sessions in nature in Malibu. She also integrates equine-assisted personal growth experiences into her work, offering individual and couples therapy with horses, leadership and team-building retreats, and half-day self-mastery intensives focused on influencing the mind-body connection to strengthen transformation.
Liza’s approach is trauma-informed and grounded in neuroscience and somatic experiencing. She is deeply committed to helping clients break unhelpful patterns, rewire limiting beliefs, and cultivate emotional resilience. She also specializes in burnout prevention and stress management, drawing from her executive background to support high-achieving professionals.
Liza has always shared a deep connection with horses. As a teen and young adult, she and her horse, Blazer, competed in shows and rode in drag hunts—one of her favorite equestrian activities to this day. After years dedicated to her education and career, she reconnected with horses in 2017, when she rescued a six-month-old filly, Tara. Immersing herself in heart-centered horsemanship, Liza immediately recognized the parallels between horses, leadership, and emotional intelligence. Today, she helps both clients and equestrians use science-based mind-body methods to deepen their connection with themselves, others, and their horses.
Whether working with clients in traditional therapy, equine-assisted growth experiences, or leadership coaching, Liza is passionate about empowering people to live with greater self-awareness, confidence, and joy.
"I lead my life, my business and my horses with great joy and satisfaction. I am forever transforming and growing. All the different parts of my life influence my work as a therapist and a leadership coach.”
Liza Auciello, Founder of My Best-Self Therapist
"I’ve loved horses all my life.
As a teen, my horse Blazer and I used to gallop across fields and jump over 4 foot fences. The feeling of freedom was exhilarating! It’s a feeling I remember deeply in my body and mind. The spirit of horses has positively changed my life many times over, and I know the nature of the horse can help you too!"
