Luke Pigott Illinois

People come to Luke Pigott when they feel stuck. A Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor practicing privately in Naperville, Illinois, he sees children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families navigating anxiety, depression, substance use disorder, trauma, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and autism, along with the strained relationships that often accompany them. The path here was indirect: over a decade in other fields came first, followed by three years of running his own landscaping company, a route he considers an asset rather than a detour. Between formal training at National Louis University and hands-on experience in residential addiction treatment, autism services, and outpatient care, the practice rests on one premise: clients make durable change when they are listened to without judgment and then held accountable for the change they say they want.

Presenting problems vary, but being stuck is near universal. Some clients are caught in patterns of anxiety, depression, addiction, or trauma response; others are strained by difficult relationships, or fighting their own relationship with themselves through body image concerns, intrusive thoughts, or emotions that feel unmanageable. Luke Pigott also works with families raising children with autism, and his background as a behavior technician informs his work.

A single modality would not cover it. Pigott works across cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, art therapy, mindfulness, play therapy, emotionally focused therapy, narrative therapy, and acceptance and commitment therapy. The breadth is deliberate, since clients respond to different tools, and a counselor with children, couples, and adults in recovery on the schedule needs range.

Constant across them is the environment. He aims to be a therapist who listens without judgment, fosters trust and reassurance, and then provides realistic, practical tools for coping and regulating emotions. Any idea, thought, or emotion is welcome, with improved quality of life as the shared aim; alongside that openness, he applies evidence-based practice and holds clients accountable for the change they named.

National Louis University in Lisle, Illinois, awarded Luke Pigott his Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling in 2026, with Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor credentialing integrated into the program, allowing him to treat mental health and substance use issues within a single therapeutic relationship. Before counseling, his academic work was scientific. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Illinois State University in 2015, after college coursework that began at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. He wrestled competitively at both, joining the Indiana University wrestling team from 2011 to 2012 and the Illinois State University Wrestling Club from 2012 to 2014.

The clinical record spans four Illinois organizations, each adding its own population and level of care. It opened in 2023 at Caravel Autism Health in Warrenville, where Luke Pigott was a Registered Behavior Technician, implementing patient care plans created by a board-certified behavior analyst and delivering applied behavior analysis interventions that encourage socially acceptable replacement behaviors, letting clients build their communication, social interaction, and problem-solving skills.

During the same period, 2023 to 2024, he worked at Banyan Treatment Center in Naperville as clinical support staff and group facilitator, where he led groups daily or as needed and helped patients gain insight into their problems and understand their treatment goals.

Next, he completed a residential internship at Gateway Foundation in Aurora from 2024 to 2025, which broadened his responsibilities. Pigott facilitated groups daily, assisted clients with crisis interventions, and handled primary counselor duties including individual sessions, family sessions, case management, and insurance recertifications. He also created and implemented group curricula in cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and art therapy, work that required translating clinical theory into material deliverable to a room of people in active recovery.

The Naperville practice is the fourth setting. Pigott provides individual, couple, and family therapy to children, adolescents, and adults, conducts comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments, develops individualized treatment plans, and maintains clinical documentation in compliance with ethical, legal, and insurance requirements.

Luke Pigott's route into mental health counseling bent more than once, and the jobs along the way shaped the therapist he became. Sonic Drive-In in Palatine, Illinois, held him from 2010 to 2018 as an assistant manager, directing teams of two to ten members and managing product inventory across daily, weekly, and monthly delivery cycles.

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