Melissa N Ivins-Lukse, PhDPsychology in Hoffman Estates, IL

Melissa Lukse, PhD is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist at the Ascension Illinois Behavioral Health Outpatient Group Practice. She received her doctoral degree from Illinois Institute of Technology in 2021 and completed her post-doctoral fellowship with a focus on health psychology and eating disorders at Ascension Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital in 2022. She primarily practices cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and generally works with adults (ages 18+).

She specializes in working with individuals with anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), insomnia, binge eating disorder, and body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs, like skin picking and hair pulling). Specific treatments she provides include: CBT for insomnia (CBT-I), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) for anxiety and OCD, enhanced CBT for eating disorders (CBT-E), Comprehensive Behavioral (ComB) treatment for BFRBs, and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) or Written Exposure Therapy (WET) for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Melissa’s graduate training included a specialization track in rehabilitation psychology, which has prepared her for supporting individuals and family caregivers adapting to living with chronic illness and/or disabilities. Melissa has experience running New Maudsley Skills Training groups for families of individuals with eating disorders and is available to provide support to parents, adult siblings, and other adult family members who have a loved one with an eating disorder.