01 · Who Elliott works with

Elliott works with self esteem

Elliott lists 1 specialism and 8 further focus areas. Specialisms are the subjects Elliott chose to list first, which is the closest a listing gets to “this is my actual practice”.

02 · In Elliott's own words

What Elliott says about the work

Reproduced in full and unedited - not summarised, not tightened, not rewritten in a house voice.

Hello, I’m Elliott, a licensed mental health counselor in New York, North Carolina, and South Carolina. I earned my master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Western Carolina University and have eight years of experience supporting people through life’s challenges.

My professional background includes community mental health, substance use treatment, HIV prevention and care, homelessness services, private practice, and telehealth. While I am from North Carolina originally, the majority of my career was practicing in New York City. I worked with individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds and communities around the world. These experiences deepened my ability to meet every client where they are at and provide compassionate care, despite the culture or background they come from.

As my career developed I found a particularly strong niche working with LGBTQ+ clients navigating identity, sexuality, relationships, self-worth, shame, and the lasting effects of stigma. This in particular shaped my ability to help people who feel different and misunderstood by the cultures, communities, and families they come from. I warmly welcome clients of all backgrounds, sexual orientations, gender identities, and life experiences.

My approach emphasizes encouraging you to find self-acceptance, while simultaneously holding you accountable to make meaningful change. Whether you are facing a difficult transition, working through painful experiences, or seeking a deeper connection with yourself, I offer a supportive space where you can feel understood and move toward meaningful change.

Elliott Skaggs, on the BetterHelp listing · read 9 Oct 2026

03 · How Elliott works

The 7 approaches Elliott lists, in plain English

These are the clinical methods Elliott lists. The descriptions are Maker Therapy's, not Elliott's - a general explanation of what each method is, so the list means something before you have spoken to anybody. They are not a claim about how Elliott runs a session.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Reads present-day relationship difficulty through the lens of how safety and closeness were learned early on. The therapeutic relationship itself is treated as part of the work, because it is where the pattern tends to show up first.

Client-Centred TherapyPerson-centred · Rogerian

The therapist does not steer toward a technique or a diagnosis. They offer sustained, non-judgemental attention and reflect back what they hear, on the premise that people find their own direction when they are genuinely listened to. Often what people mean by “someone who just gets it”.

Cognitive Behavioural TherapyCBT

Structured, present-focused work on the loop between what you think, how you feel and what you then do. Usually means noticing a thought pattern in the room, testing it against evidence, and practising something different between sessions. Among the most heavily researched talking therapies for depression and anxiety.

Dialectical Behaviour TherapyDBT

A structured skills-led adaptation of CBT built around holding two things at once: accepting yourself as you are and working to change. Teaches concrete skills for distress tolerance, emotion regulation and relationships. Developed for people whose feelings arrive at overwhelming intensity, and strongest-evidenced there.

Mindfulness-Based TherapyMBCT

Trains attention on what is happening right now - body, breath, the thought as it arrives - so distress can be observed rather than automatically acted on. Strongest evidence is in preventing depression from recurring, and it is usually taught as a practice you keep doing outside the session.

Motivational InterviewingMI

A way of talking about change with somebody who is genuinely in two minds about it. The therapist does not argue for the change; they help you say your own reasons out loud, which is the part that predicts whether it happens. Common around substance use and health behaviour.

Solution-Focused Brief TherapySFBT

Starts from where you want to end up rather than from how you got here. Sessions look for the times the problem is already smaller and work out what is different about those, so the number of sessions tends to be short and the work concrete.

04 · What happens next

From this page to a first session

Elliott practises through BetterHelp, so the route in is BetterHelp's. This is that sequence, written by Maker Therapy from the platform's published process - not a description of Elliott's own practice, and not a promise about how quickly anything happens.

1. A questionnaire, not a booking form

   BetterHelp opens with a set of questions about what you are dealing with, what you want from therapy, and any preferences on the therapist. You are not booking Elliott at this point.

2. Naming Elliott specifically

   BetterHelp matches algorithmically by default, so asking for Elliott is a step you have to take. There is a field for requesting a specific therapist during sign-up, and you can switch afterwards from your account. Starting from a link on this page does not by itself assign you to Elliott.

3. If the caseload is full

   You will be offered somebody else rather than put on a waitlist. Worth knowing, because it is easy to assume a match is the person you asked for.

4. The first conversation

   A first session is typically history and orientation: what brought you, what has been tried, what you want to be different. It is also where the questions in the next section belong.

5. If the fit is wrong

   Changing therapist on BetterHelp does not need a reason. A first session that does not click is common and is not a verdict on therapy. That option existing is the main practical difference between a platform and a private practice.

05 · Before you commit

3 questions worth asking Elliott

Built from what Elliott actually lists, so they are answerable and specific rather than generic. Maker Therapy's, not Elliott's - Elliott has not seen them and is under no obligation to answer any of them.

• “You list both Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy. Which do you lean on with someone like me?”

  Those two point in different directions - one structured and led by the therapist, the other led by you. The answer tells you what the sessions will actually feel like.

• “How do you decide when someone is ready to work on a traumatic memory itself?”

  Pacing is the biggest safety question in trauma work. A clear, unhurried answer here matters more than any credential.

• “How do you handle the gap between sessions if something comes up?”

  On BetterHelp this varies a great deal by therapist. Better to know the rhythm now than to discover it on a bad week.

06 · Practical details

Credentials and licensing

Credential

LMHC

Licensed in

New York

Licence

NY LMHC 015352, SC LPC 11910

Licence number

015352

Licence expires

30 Sep 2027

NPI

1184276354

Years in practice

8

Gender

Male

Languages

English

International clients

Not accepted

Listed since

9 Jun 2026

07 · Provenance

Where every line on this page came from

Elliott's name, credential, state, subjects, approaches and biography are read from BetterHelp's therapist roster, which Maker Therapy re-reads once a day; this page reflects the reading taken on 9 Oct 2026. The licence number and NPI are cross-checked against public registers.

The plain-English method descriptions, the first-session walkthrough and the questions are written by Maker Therapy and labelled as such wherever they appear.

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