About Elliott
Elliott Skaggs is a licensed mental health counselor who practices in New York. He holds the Licensed Mental Health Counselor credential and the Licensed Professional Counselor designation and brings eight years of experience to his work. Elliott focuses on helping people rebuild self-esteem and cope with emotional stressors.
He aims to create a warm, respectful space where clients can speak openly about hard topics. He often helps people facing shame, guilt, and struggles with identity.
Background and approach
He also addresses issues around attachment, body image, commitment, and communication problems. Elliott works with people navigating divorce, infidelity, or the impacts of drug and alcohol addiction. His approach uses practical, evidence-informed methods to help people change unhelpful patterns.
He focuses on building self-awareness, emotional regulation skills, and better ways of relating to others. Sessions include moments to reflect, practice new skills, and set manageable goals. Elliott brings an affirming, culturally responsive stance to his work.
He balances warmth with clear expectations to support progress. The emphasis is on learning to accept oneself while taking steps toward change. People who seek help for mood challenges, panic symptoms, midlife concerns, or struggles with life purpose may find his style helpful.
He offers a straightforward, compassionate way to address painful feelings and practical problems. Elliott works in English and practices as an LMHC and LPC in New York.
Approach-driven online therapy and practical tools
Elliott often draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy in online sessions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without being controlled by them, and it supports choosing actions that match personal values. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns from early relationships and how they affect current connections, helping people build safer ways of relating to others.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Elliott will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adapt methods to fit the person's needs. Together they decide whether to focus more on acceptance, skills training, or relational work as therapy progresses.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let most of the face-to-face work continue when meeting in person is hard. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier on days when being on camera is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, homework review, or shorter support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules while keeping the focus on practical change and emotional growth.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- New York, South Carolina
- Languages
- English