About Mark
Mark German is a licensed clinical professional counselor with 34 years of experience. He focuses on helping people who feel stuck by offering steady, practical support. He listens closely and works to make sessions clear and useful.
He uses straightforward methods to help with stress, anxiety, depression, and mood problems. He also helps people managing ADHD, addiction issues, grief, and intimacy-related concerns. Conversations often center on everyday problems like sleep, eating, and impulse control.
Background and approach
In sessions he draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to manage strong emotions. He also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people find values that guide choices. Attachment-based ideas inform work on communication and relationship patterns.
People can expect a calm, nonjudgmental space to talk through painful feelings and to practice new ways of coping. He offers coaching-style guidance when clients want concrete tools and step-by-step plans. He helps clients set realistic goals and tracks small changes over time.
Mark works with adults from his Illinois base and supports international clients in English. He provides a mix of video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is used and scheduling follows the therapist's availability.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then commit to actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and motivation struggles. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change patterns that cause distress. It often helps with panic, mood disorders, sleep, and impulse control. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and improving communication when emotions feel overwhelming.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose or combine methods based on their goals, preferences, and the problems they bring to sessions. This lets the plan evolve as progress is made and as new issues come up.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations and skills practice. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief updates, ongoing coaching, or steady support between longer sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep routine momentum while working toward change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 34 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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