 Lou Mongillo has over 30 years of counseling
experience with children, adolescents, adults,
couples, and families. He earned a Master's
Degree in Social Work from the University of
Chicago in 1977.
Counseling services with children and adolescents
Lou Mongillo has expertise in working with children and adolescents on the following issues:
- Anxiety and Panic Disorders
- Attention Deficit Disorder
- Autism including Asperger's Disorder
- Anger Management
- Behavior Problems
- Divorce
- Mood Disorders such as depression and bi-polar
- School related problems such as underachievement and bullying
- Substance abuse
Lou Mongillo works closely with parents to support and guide their children. He also has more than 20 years of school social work experience and understands the importance of working collaboratively with school personnel.
Counseling services with adults, couples, and families
Lou Mongillo has extensive experience working with adults, couples, and families on the following issues:
- Anger management
- Anxiety and panic disorders
- Conflict resolution
- Divorce
- Communication skills
- Mood disorders such as depression and bi-polar
- Parenting
- Substance abuse
Treatment interventions
Lou Mongillo uses a warm and caring approach to build a therapeutic relationship. He emphasizes using clients' strengths to enhance their functioning. He employs a variety of approaches to help clients develop skills to cope with their daily lives. These include:
- Brief Treatment through which clients learn problem solving techniques
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy which emphasizes the substitution of desirable patterns of thinking and behavior for maladaptive ones
- Marital Therapy through which couples develop a stronger bond and more effective communication skills
- Family Systems Therapy in which the goal is to develop healthy patterns of interactive behavior
- Play Therapy in which play is used as a therapeutic tool to help children reveal thoughts and feelings and work on coping with problems
Appointments and Fees
Mr. Mongillo works at the Buffalo Grove office and can be contacted directly for appointments. His phone number is 847 913-0393 ext. 124. Mr. Mongillo is an in-network provider for many insurance companies including Blue Cross Blue Shield, Aetna, Humana, Cigna, Private Healthcare Systems, Magellan, and United Healthcare.
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