LUIS ILLADES, LMSW, CASAC

My personal experience as a Latin American queer person with my own story of addiction and recovery informs my work. I personally understand experiences of exploring cultural and sexual identities, and struggling to put down behaviors that no longer work. 

I have many years of experience working  in the substance use outpatient program at the LGBT Center in the West Village of Manhattan (www.gaycenter.org).  

Additionally, some years spent as an interventionist developing work with families in reaching out to loved ones struggling to get into care or moving from precontemplation to contemplation to preparation and action.  

In the ensuing years, I have been working with Sanctuary Healing (www.sanctuaryheals.com) an intensive outpatient group treatment to treat PTSD and other trauma-related disorders as well as working with co-occurring substance use and eating disorders in relation to PTSD.  I’m licensed in New York, New Jersey, Colorado and Delaware. I love implementing CBT, MI, CPT and DBT and definitely speak 12 step languages. I love connecting people to community resources.

Expect to cultivate new discoveries about yourself and leave sessions with beliefs and skills to help you address current and long-standing challenges.   I am currently seeing clients individually and as a part of a group practice in Brooklyn.

Currently all sessions are taking place via Teleheath.

In person sessions available in midtown Manhattan the first week of each month.