Elliott Manago-Lawler

MSW, LICSW, PMH-C

Elliott Manago-Lawler, MSW, LICSW, (she/her) is a licensed clinical social worker with over ten years of experience as a therapist working with individuals struggling with anxiety, depression and parenting stress. She is a BIPOC/PGM adoptee with a deep passion for supporting the community. Therapy with Elliott feels like a grounded conversation with a trusted guide. She keeps things real, personable, and collaborative, offering an affirming, judgment-free space where clients can finally exhale and find grounding.

Elliott believes individuals are the experts on their own stories. Her role is to listen deeply and blend practical strategies—drawing from CPT, Relational Therapy, Attachment, and narrative therapy—with a holistic approach that honors each person’s unique needs, culture, roots, and growth. Healing is not one-size-fits-all, and Elliott works collaboratively with clients at a pace that feels comfortable for them.

As a specialist in trauma, perinatal mental health, and the foster/adoption experience, Elliott holds advanced certifications to support healing journeys, including:

• Permanency and Adoption Competency Certificate (PACC/TAC): Supporting adult adoptees, transracial adoptees, formerly fostered individuals, and families navigating the identity, grief, and trauma layers of the adoption constellation.
• Perinatal Mental Health Certification (PMH-C): Helping individuals manage pregnancy, pre-adoptive anxiety, and the complex transitions of becoming a parent, however they build their family.
• Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT): Providing evidence-based, trauma-focused care to help survivors process trauma, PTSD, and rewrite their stories.

To explore moving forward together, Elliott can be reached at elliott@mnmentalhealthconsulting.com.

Specialty Areas

• Perinatal Mental Health
• Adoption
• Multicultural families
• Foster Parents, Kinship Parents and Birth/First Parents
• Formerly Fostered Adults and Teens
• Trauma

Licensure

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker, #26467
• Approved Supervisor, Board of Social Work