About Antonio
Antonio Ellzey, Sr. is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) who brings 22 years of experience to his practice in Illinois. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, addictions, ADHD, and related life challenges. He prefers a down-to-earth style and aims to help people find practical tools they can use day to day.
His work often combines clear, skills-based methods with deeper reflection about personal history.
Background and approach
He uses cognitive-behavioral techniques to help clients spot unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. He also draws on psychodynamic ideas to help people see how past patterns shape present choices. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are part of his toolbox too.
Mindfulness is used to slow down and notice reactions, while motivational interviewing helps people decide what changes matter most to them. Sessions may include simple exercises like breathing practice, tapping, or short behavioral experiments to practice between meetings. Antonio values genuineness, empathy, and respect in the therapeutic relationship.
He aims to understand each person’s level of functioning and tailor support so goals feel achievable. His background includes graduate training in counseling and many years helping people build better coping skills and stronger relationships. Outside clinical work he has military experience and has been active in community and faith-based couples work.
That combination of practical service and counseling informs a straightforward, compassionate approach that focuses on helping people move forward.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Antonio commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness therapy in online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try small, practical behavior changes to reduce stress or improve mood. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to notice reactions and reduce reactivity.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. He works collaboratively to match methods to a person’s goals and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress is made. Clients and the therapist review what helps most and shift strategies when needed.
Online options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face interaction and longer work, phone can be lower bandwidth and fit a break at work, live chat lets people check in quickly, and messaging supports short reflections or ongoing coaching between sessions. These formats make scheduling more flexible and can help people maintain steady progress around busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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