Jose Angel Diaz, LCSW

Licensed in Illinois · 3 years in practice

Jose Angel Diaz is a licensed clinical social worker based in Illinois who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, and challenging life changes.

License and registration

LCSW, Illinois: 149028575 · expires November 2027
NPI: 1518766146 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 3
Languages: English

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About Jose

Jose Angel Diaz is a licensed clinical social worker based in Illinois who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, and challenging life changes. He works with adults who are struggling with focus and attention concerns such as ADHD, and with people dealing with chronic illness, control issues, or social anxiety. He speaks English and brings a calm, direct style to sessions.

Jose uses straightforward, practical methods to help people manage painful memories and daily struggles.

Background and approach

He leans on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients clarify their values and take meaningful action. Trauma-focused methods are used to reduce the hold of past events and to increase emotional safety during sessions. Client-Centered techniques shape the way he listens and responds, so people feel heard and can lead the pace of work.

Elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Motivational Interviewing are added when helpful for emotion regulation, impulse control, and building motivation for change. He earned a master’s degree from the University of Chicago and holds an Illinois LCSW. Jose has three years of professional experience in behavioral health settings.

His approach is collaborative and respectful - he treats each person as the expert on their life while offering tools that can ease symptoms and improve daily functioning. To begin, he asks people to describe their goals and current struggles. From there he and the client set short-term steps and check progress regularly to make sure the plan fits real life.

Focus areas and approaches

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Online support

How his approaches translate to online therapy

Jose often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people name what matters most and take small, actionable steps toward those values despite worry or painful thoughts. ACT is useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions because it focuses on values and committed action rather than trying to eliminate difficult feelings.

He also draws on Trauma-Focused Therapy to address the effects of past abuse or traumatic events. That approach focuses on processing upsetting memories at a pace the client can handle and on building skills to feel steadier day to day. Client-Centered listening guides the work so clients set the pace and priorities in sessions.

Finding the right mix of methods is part of the process. He will work with each person to identify goals, try approaches, and adjust based on what helps most. The therapist and client decide together whether to emphasize values work, trauma processing, or skills like emotion regulation and impulse control.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can fit into a work break or when internet bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging works for short check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to try different formats until one feels right.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Jose commonly address?

He helps with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, coping with life changes, and ADHD-related focus issues. Additional areas include attachment concerns, chronic pain or illness, control issues, impulsivity, men's issues, post-traumatic stress, and social anxiety.

What is his therapeutic style like?

He favors a collaborative, client-centered style that combines practical skills and values work. Sessions often include tools for emotion regulation, acceptance of difficult thoughts, and steps to build healthier routines.

How much clinical experience does he have?

He has three years of professional experience in behavioral health settings following his graduate training.

What credentials and location are listed?

He holds a Master’s degree from the University of Chicago and is an Illinois LCSW. His practice is based in Illinois.

Which languages and international arrangements are supported?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

He meets through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering multiple ways to connect depending on preference and need.

How does cost and billing work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

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