Elliott Lugo
Skilled LCSW helping parents and individuals navigate change
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed in
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Elliott
Elliott Lugo is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 17 years of experience practicing in Illinois. He holds an LCSW and has worked in a range of mental health settings. Elliott focuses on helping people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, parenting challenges, relationship problems, and ADHD.
He aims to meet clients where they are and work collaboratively to identify obstacles to change. He begins by talking through what matters most to the person.
Background and approach
Conversations cover how clients see themselves and others, and what might happen if they try different choices. From there he helps pinpoint unhelpful habits, missing skills, and patterns that make life harder. Elliott uses clear, plain language in sessions.
He breaks complex problems into manageable steps and teaches practical skills people can use between meetings. Sessions usually last 45 to 50 minutes, though shorter meetings can be arranged on request. Sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
He typically responds to messages in late afternoons, early evenings, or by the next morning, and is out of the office on Fridays and Saturdays. People who prefer a direct, skill-focused approach often find his style helpful. In addition to the issues already mentioned, Elliott also addresses grief, self-esteem, anger, family concerns, and eating or mood-related struggles.
He works to create a calm, non-judgmental space where clients can try new ways of coping and making change.
Therapeutic approaches and how they translate online
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current bonds and reactions. In sessions it looks like talking about important relationships, noticing patterns, and trying new ways of connecting to reduce conflict and anxiety.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify the thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. In practice this means learning to spot unhelpful thoughts, testing them, and practicing different actions between meetings to build new habits.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will discuss goals, values, and preferences and suggest methods that fit the person's needs. Together they adjust the plan as progress is made and new concerns arise.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls recreate face-to-face conversations, phone sessions work when video isn't an option, and live chat or text-based messaging offer shorter, flexible check-ins. These options let people access licensed professionals from home, on a break, or during a hectic schedule while still focusing on real skills and problem solving.
Attachment-Based Therapy
Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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